Berkley Fireline 300-Yard Fishing Line

This is my preferred fishing line. I use it in weight ratings from 4lb to 20lb exclusively on spinning reels. It is strong, reliable, and casts extremely well.Using either a Modified Albright or an Alberto's knot to join it to a backing or a leader, and a carefully tied Palomar to tie to a swivel, it has never failed me at the knot. I have never had it break-off (Disclaimer: I haven't hooked a twenty pound fish on 4lb FireLine, but I have landed a 9lb fish on 4lb line).The first time I tried it, I hated it. The knots slipped and I lost tackle. It made the roller bearings "sing". It just felt wrong.After trying some other braids, I tried FireLine again and it solved the one aggravation I had with other braids: the wind carries it a lot less than standard braids. No more huge lateral curves when I cast across the wind is nice, but the best part is that it doesn't float on the wind when I'm sitting on the bank trying to tie-on a new leader or lure. I hate that about other braids.It rarely frays, even when dragged across beach sand over-and-over, or dragged across snags and logs. It's a two-year, maybe three-year, line.It costs, but if I get two years out of it, the purchase price balances out. And if it last three years (and I think it will) I come out ahead.Highly recommended.

I can't blame jewelry makers for using this stuff, it's really durable, hence me using it for its intended purpose, fishing line.After 2 years of the same line on my most-used saltwater reel, I can't understand why anyone would use anything else but Fireline. Other than occasional trimming to get rid of the rattiest line near the end, and occasional rinsing and applications of line and lure saltwater formula, I've done nothing special to care for this line, and I can't believe how tough it is. As you go deeper into the spool, it still looks new, again this is after 2 years, in saltwater. Power pro and spiderwire don't come close to this durability, those fray and break much more regularly than Fireline.Fireline is pretty expensive, but its durability and performance more than make up for the price. Once I'm out of the other brands of braid I have, I'm going to use or buy Fireline from now on. Can't endorse anything more strongly than that.

The best and only fishing line I ever use. I fish tournaments every weekend and all 12 of my reels I use have Fireline.

I've been using Fireline in my beading projects for about eight years, and it works great for when you're using Swarovski crystals or beads that have sharp edges.You just need to be really careful not to knot your projects; quite a few beading instructors have been warning that knots will break with this, and I've seen it happen when they demonstrate it.The smoke color will leave a grey residue on your fingers, but I rub it through a piece of Kleenex to take it off before I wax my thread, and have no problems.I was so happy to find this on Amazon since it's much cheaper to buy it here than from a beading store or beading website!

I teach bead weaving and have repeatedly encouraged my students to purchase Berkley 10/4-pound Fused Fireline. It is so convenient to order this wonderful product through Amazon and avoid the inconvenience of driving to a sporting store to see if it is available. It arrived promptly through the mail. An additional 300 Yd spool is always on back-up while I am using an opened spool. It takes approximately 160 inches of the fireline if I am making a double spiral bracelet that is only 7 & 1/2 inches as an exact wrist measurement. Obviously, the fireline used goes quickly.

I like Fireline for a lot of my beading projects and realize that it was designed for the purpose of fishing and not beading - therefore the selections of colors is very limited.One complaint I have with the Fireline smoke is that the color comes off on one's hands, I do try to rinse the length that I intend to use under warm running water and then wipe and wipe and wipe repeatedly to remove as much of the excess charcoal gray color as possible but it seems that no amount of rinsing and wiping is sufficient and as I'm beading I notice the charcoal streaks across my hands.The only other thing that annoys me is that Fireline seems to have a tendency to kink and get knotted around itself far more easily than Nymo or C-lon - But its big advantage is the fact that is not a fibrous thread so is not as easy to split with the beading needle the way other threads do. It is also great for use with crystal and metal beads that would cut through other fibrous beading threads

I've used this line for around 20 years and I love it! It's strong, casts smooth and doesn't have that wire braided feel.

It works wonderfully for jewelry, does not knot easily, when it does, it is easy to untangle. It is strong and does not fray.Once the ends are squeezed between the ends of a pair of pliers it just slips through the eye of the needle even size 12 or 13. The smoke color is ideal for all darker beads as it vanishes into the work and is never intrusive. The larger spools are great for my kind of beading using even #15's or larger. Good weight for lapidary stones.I will use it again, and again.Thank you Berkley.