Tasline is made from Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) which has the highest impact strength of any thermoplastic presently made. In simplified terms, the yarn starts its life by being spun and the centrifugal force pushes the polyethylene through microscopic holes. This sounds simple enough but just imagine, the 50lb 8 strand line may be made out of […]

Fishing lines are specified in various ways and each may be useful to you in one way or another. PE ratings are a Japanese way of specifying diameters and most reels will have written on it how many meters of a certain PE line will fit on the reel. Some anglers like this system as […]

Testing fishing line is a very contentious subject with various methods producing vastly different results. On the bottom end is home testing, with tying line to a scale and pulling until it breaks. As other companies have already pointed out, this does not work very well and should only be used to compare one brand […]