Anybody ever fished this stuff?

It's cheap and I assumed it is crap, but my buddy fishes it exclusively (both leader and mainline) and is always one of the top producers on the river.

I witnessed him catch a 40 lb King in the Toutle on 12 lb Ande line. What the ?????????

I'm tired of spending $70 each year on the big spool of Ultragreen.

Is it fishable?

Ande is good stuff. I have used it in the salt for years... Strong and abraision resistant!

Ande is good stuff. I have used it in the salt for years... Strong and abraision resistant!

Not to repeat what DR said , but Ande is good stuff.

I use Ande for mainline and leaders.

I'm going to go againt the grain and say my experience with the stuff has been short of satisfactory. I've tried it on a couple of occations over the years and it was always brittle. I usually had to tie three or four knots before I got one that wouldn't break when stress checked.

Maybe I got old line each time but I didn't like it.

i use ande line alot and i like it... i use it for salmon and iron heads...

I also use Ande for my mainline and leaders. It has been very reliable. I have been using it for over 5 years. I have never had the problem Sol_on_the_Duc described.

Ande envy is great for bobber fishing for steelhead or salmon. Very easy to see but dissapears in water. Only problem i have had was one spool we bought broke every 50 yards or so. Must have been defective or it was someone with a knife and something against Ande. Either way great line.

I have used Ande a lot, but not for quite a while, because there are better lines for just a bit more money. My current favorites are Trilene Big Game and Izor Line. They are nearly as good as Ultra Green at about a third the cost.

Good fishing.

I just relined both of my steelhead reels with the Ande HiVis in yellow 12lb. I also bought a spool of 10lb Ande Flourocarbon. Both lines are really nice! The HiVis is awsome for drifting! It's very abrasion resistent and very visible even in low light.

The flourocarbon leader has the best dispensing spool I have ever used. Unlike a lot of flourocarbon it is very easy to get a good knot and I have had no complaints.

Many years ago I got a spool of Ande that was very brittle so I didn't buy it again for a long time. A few years ago I bought another spool and it worked great. My guess is that the brittle line was old line that sat on the shelf before I bought it. Just a guess. I've had that happen with Maxima too.

i would highly recommend it, great stuff!

Gotagofishin:

Have used Ande Green for my leader materials for over 25 years........never had any problem at all.

I now use Ande "Envy", 8, 10 or 12 pound, on all my spinning reels. The 8 and 10 cast, oh so good.......and I can see the line. DOES NOT affect my summerrun "bobber and jig" fishing, and it so nice for boondogging winterrun steelhead.

Have 1 level wind with 12 pounds Envy, that I use for Salmon fishing........casting plugs and spinners.

Price is right........around $5-6 for 675 yards of 10#.......


"Worse day sport fishing, still better than the best day working"

Been fishing it for....25 years??? When I worked SoCal charters the pink line was my "go-to"...the green is every bit as good as max..in fact better IMHO...less stretch, and no lb test diameter hype (IE, 10 lb is the diameter of 15).

Oh great, now they're gonna raise the price :rolleyes:

Good stuff

Looks like I'm in the minority. Chances are I got a hold of old line. :rolleyes:

their tournament line has more line class world records for fishing than any other line made period!!!PEACE

I use Ande on all of my 'rigger rods. Great stuff and you can't beat the price.

I have used ande 6 for trout and it was ok. I use a mitchel 300X and had some twisting issues that i did not have with other lines. Other then that i would say ande is a good, all around line.

I ried it once for steelhead. I tried it because the price was right, I usually use UG. I think I tried 12lb. I had trouble gettibg used to it - it kind of feels like it has more stretch then UG. The different feel changed the feel when I was drifting gear. I wouldn't say it was bad line compred with others, just different. I think I will probably try it on my DR rods since feel is not so important.

Steve