Not a problem for me and I cross their eyes. Even with a heavy action rod. I use the drag on my reel though and set it up to what I believe is correct. When I set the hook there is a slight slip. To many people tighten their drag way to tight.

I've been using Fluoro for about 3 years now and broken it on the hookset more often than all the 30+ years I've been fishing! I've read everything posted, blogged, and written on tying knots, tying the right kind of knots, rod guide cracks, and anything else I come across. Lot's of back and forth about knots and spit and other such discussion.

Many of you may have noticed how some guys break fluoro fairly regular and other guys never have a problem with it! On Saturday I had three rods with 20 lb. Fluoro on each, one jig, one creature, and one tube jig, two of them with Seaguar InvisX, and one with FC Super Sniper. I've used Berkley 100%, XPS, P-Line, and a bunch of other Fluoro line brands; I've broken all of them on the hookset.

With all that said, I was telling Grace about Saturday's tournament on Sunday and how I lost it with four broken lines on the hookset!!! We only ended up weighing two keepers. I was obviously still frustrated the next day.

Grace said, without pause, "It's your hookset!" "You set the hook like some kinda gorilla and you're not going to change that!" Suddenly, it was like a light came on for me. There are so many guys who complain, like me about Fluoro breaking, 90% of the time on the hookset. This makes sense to me. We all have our technique and have been doing this for so long it's a lot of muscle memory and reaction time. Some guys just shouldn't fish Fluoro because they're technique and Fluoro don't mix!

While I love the characteristics of Fluoro, it has cost me way to many fish over the years because I break it. Just a tiny knick or scrap in the line and the line 'tears' easily. As long as the line is 100% sound throughout it's length it is super strong but any defect coupled with a heavy handed hookset and you're looking at snappage!!!

When your Fluoro breaks because of a bad knot it normally will have a 'curly que' at the end, when it breaks from being hung up and you pull until it snaps it has a 'frazzled' end, but when it breaks on a hookset because of a knick or tear, it has a smooth uniform end. It usually is within the first two or three feet from the bait, sometimes up the line but it is caused by the sudden impact.

I think I'm going to end up using it much more sparingly for specific circumstances and start using heavy mono more for close in flipping and pitching. All of this is just my experience over several years of doing the samething with the same results on too many occasions.

Grace said, without pause, "It's your hookset!" "You set the hook like some kinda gorilla and you're not going to change that!" Suddenly, it was like a light came on for me. There are so many guys who complain, like me about Fluoro breaking, 90% of the time on the hookset. This makes sense to me. We all have our technique and have been doing this for so long it's a lot of muscle memory and reaction time. Some guys just shouldn't fish Fluoro because they're technique and Fluoro don't mix!

Look up Mark Pack's video on the double San Diego jam knot. Using it will eliminate the problem of breaking off on the hook-set.