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#226484 - 01/06/04 04:19 PM Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
biglarfishin Offline
Fry

Registered: 01/06/04
Posts: 21
Loc: Elma
I mostly use maxima line for steelhead and salmon fishing but recently started to use izorline. I really like the strength of izorline but i notice that it tends to frey alot easier than maxima. Does anyone have the same problem? I went back to maxima and have not lost a fish since! Coincidence????? Who Knows

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#226485 - 01/06/04 04:31 PM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
Grandpa's Fishin Buddy Offline
Juvenille at Sea

Registered: 11/27/03
Posts: 195
Loc: Sequim,Wa
I also use both maxima and izorline, but I tend to like the maxima a lot more for the same reason. It just frays to easy and stretches to much. I actually prefer Berkley's Big Game over izorline. I use the green color in the winter and the smoke in the summer, never tried the smoke in the winter, but I'm sure it would be an alright mono for the winter. Never done me wrong!!!

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#226486 - 01/06/04 04:41 PM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
Lunch Time Offline
Juvenille at Sea

Registered: 03/15/03
Posts: 168
Baitcaster, spinning reel. Maxima, Izor. Respectively.

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#226487 - 01/06/04 05:19 PM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
eyeFISH Offline
Ornamental Rice Bowl

Registered: 11/24/03
Posts: 12618
Why mess
with anything less
than the very best?

Maxima UG all the way!
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#226488 - 01/06/04 05:24 PM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
DaleD Offline
Juvenille at Sea

Registered: 12/05/01
Posts: 124
Loc: Washington
Ain't nothin' better than Maxima UG, so I ain't even gunna bother with that there other line! He he he.

However, FLOUROCARBON for LEADER...now that's something that at times I like even better than my beloved Maxima UG.

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#226489 - 01/06/04 05:26 PM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
Chum Man Offline
River Nutrients

Registered: 11/07/99
Posts: 2688
Loc: Yelmish
haven't lost a single fish on izorline yet...it's great line

i'm pretty much a maxima convert. big 5 had 1/4lb spools of izorline platinum for a while(seems like a 1 time stocking) for 9.99 each. i think i got something like 2000 yards of 12lb for the price of a 1 shot spool of maxima

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#226490 - 01/06/04 07:17 PM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
BAITCASTER Offline
Juvenille at Sea

Registered: 07/07/03
Posts: 149
Loc: SEQUIM WA
I have also had good luck with Izor, I cant tell much difference myself exept the price laugh

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#226491 - 01/06/04 08:56 PM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
ibjamin Offline
Parr

Registered: 10/19/03
Posts: 43
Loc: Too far south for Steellhead
Tried many different lines except Izorline. Always came back to Maxima UG.

Along the same thread (non pun intended) I have tried florocarbon leaders they seem to be a denser material. Instead of snagging my slinky I was losing alot of hooks. Anyone else have this experience?

Regards IB

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#226492 - 01/06/04 09:00 PM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
ROCKFISH Offline
Spawner

Registered: 12/03/01
Posts: 851
Loc: manchester,Wa
izorlinel is my favorite mainline, maxima UG is my favorite leader material, never had a problem with either
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#226493 - 01/06/04 09:12 PM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
biglarfishin Offline
Fry

Registered: 01/06/04
Posts: 21
Loc: Elma
I have heard that Seguiar florocarbon is the best way to go for leader material even though it has hardly any stretch because it is so abrasive tough.

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#226494 - 01/06/04 09:29 PM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
wolverine Offline
Returning Adult

Registered: 12/10/02
Posts: 436
Loc: Everett, WA
Yellow Izor with a little mucelin on it so it floats. Use it on my cold weather float reel. Braid gets too nasty in freezing weather. Use UG for leaders most of the time. If the waters air clear then its Seaguar Fluerocarbon for the leaders.
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#226495 - 01/06/04 09:29 PM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
bri24 Offline
Returning Adult

Registered: 02/11/03
Posts: 283
Loc: Renton, WA
Alway's izorline for main and maxima for the leader. Have never had a problem with izor I think you can't get any better. confused
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#226496 - 01/06/04 09:35 PM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
stlhdfishn Offline
Returning Adult

Registered: 12/29/02
Posts: 293
Loc: kitsap peninsula
I picked up a spool of maxima ultra green the other day ( I always use chameleon) when I opened the package the line started falling off the spool like twisted line on a spinning reel it looked kind of shiny to me and had a hard kind of plastic feel to it could it of been a bad spool?
I tried izorline twice no abrasion resistance wont work for where I fish. laugh

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#226497 - 01/06/04 10:50 PM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
HBP Offline
Spawner

Registered: 01/07/02
Posts: 919
Loc: Everett,Wa
Izor for mainline and leader. I think they call it the Platinum green?
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#226498 - 01/06/04 11:33 PM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
bank walker Offline
Spawner

Registered: 12/26/99
Posts: 745
I have found that 8 and 10# izor leader isnt nearly as strong as 8 and 10# Max UG as leader. BUT...12# Izor has unbelievable strength. If you use 12# Izor main and 8 or 10# Max UG leader you have a setup that can turn some Heads'

However, both are relatively high memory line, meaning they can coil on a spinning outfit if not matched with the right weight or lure. A great low memory, abrasion resistant, smooth casting mainline is Berkley Big Game. Match big game with Max or Izor leader and you can turn about any fish you want without help from braided or flouricarbon. thumbs
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#226499 - 01/07/04 01:05 AM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
ROCKFISH Offline
Spawner

Registered: 12/03/01
Posts: 851
Loc: manchester,Wa
mcCoy is another no memory line, used to use that but bay st outfitters spools ya up with izor for a few bucks so I did the switch
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#226500 - 01/07/04 02:19 AM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
Elkman Offline
Returning Adult

Registered: 01/19/00
Posts: 245
Loc: Anchorage, AK U.S.A
izorline 12lb, maxima 10 & 12lb leaders.

You can't beat it.

Elkman moose
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#226501 - 01/07/04 03:06 AM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
Fishon grahn Offline
Smolt

Registered: 04/22/02
Posts: 88
Loc: arlington
for spinin reels IZOR spoons spinners
castin reels IZOR or big game if over 12# test
floats power pro main and seagur for leader all the way
for boondoggin leaders XL IMHO FISHON

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#226502 - 01/07/04 09:44 AM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
RiverLiver Offline
Returning Adult

Registered: 12/06/00
Posts: 337
Loc: Tacoma, WA,
Izor High Vis 10# Main - Maxima UG 8# leader,
Works awsome for me. fishy
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#226503 - 01/07/04 10:56 AM Re: Izorline vs. Maxima Who Wins???
Jigman Offline
Spawner

Registered: 03/07/99
Posts: 566
Loc: Seattle
Spinning reels...........Izor

Level winds..............Maxima U.G.
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