Gardner Tackle
The kind gents at Gardner Tackle sent us up a spool of the 12lb Deep Green GT80+ for this review and the first thing that you see is that the packaging will keep the line fresh on the tackle shop shelves. A lot of anglers ignore the packaging, but it is this that ensures that you are getting a line that has not been subjected to UV light which weakens monofilament and copolymor lines. The plastic packaging that GT80+ comes in helps to block UV light from getting to the line inside as well as allowing the angler to see what the line looks like.
On opening the packaging and pulling the line off of the spool, you can feel the suppleness of the line immediately and it comes off of the spool very straight. A quick pull on the line shows that there is a nice amount of stretch present in the line which should offer the cushioning under the rod tip but not give too many problems at range when trying to stop fish getting to areas you don't want them to.
GT80+ Line
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When Gardner Tackle release a new reel line, many anglers take note of this and check it out as soon as it hits the shelves in the tackle shops. The original GT80 line was a huge success for Gardner and many anglers still use it as their first choice reel line today. A lot of angler thought that the original GT80 could not be beaten, but Gardner have now launched what a lot of anglers are already calling "the best reel line available". With quotes like this coming from anglers using it, we had to try it for ourselves.
The line itself is a copolymor which looks like a monofilament at first glance but has different tendency's. Copolymor lines are generally more supple without losing any of the abrasion resistance or knot strength for the given diameters than a traditional monofilament.
On opening the packaging and pulling the line off of the spool, you can feel the suppleness of the line immediately and it comes off of the spool very straight. A quick pull on the line shows that there is a nice amount of stretch present in the line which should offer the cushioning under the rod tip but not give too many problems at range when trying to stop fish getting to areas you don't want them to.
As we do with all the lines sent to us for testing, the trusty digital micrometer was bought out and the 12lb spool sent to us has a stated diameter of 0.35mm. As someone that goes on diameter rather than breaking strain, at first glance it sounded rather high diameter for the breaking strain. On measuring the line over a 10 metre length at random points, the average diameter of the 12lb GT80+ was an eye opening 0.345mm. This surprised me at first until I performed the breaking strain test, which blew the stated breaking strain out of the water! On 5 pulls of the line on the spring balance, the average breaking strain of the line with a simple figure of 8 loop knot was 16lb 6oz - and this was the knot breaking strain! This makes the knot strength fantastic, but obviously I had to try a couple of different knots to make sure. With a 4 turn Grinner knot, the knot broke at 17lb 2oz and again with the figure of 8 loop with a simple granny knot tied in the middle of the line, the line broke at the granny knot at 14lb 11oz! Even with a poor knot, the line will break well above it's stated breaking strain.
On taking the line over to a local lake for a few test casts, even without wetting the line before casting, it flew off the spool freely and with very little noise when travelling through the rings. On reeling it back through my fingers the line was super smooth to the touch. One thing that did stand out to me when testing the casting was that it sank through the surface tension very quickly, and on laying a lead along the margins and checking the sinking rate of the line, it sank faster than most of the other mono's that I have used in the past and blended in nicely on the sandy substrate.
Final Thoughts
During our tests GT80+ passed everything I asked of it with flying colours. The colouration of the line is just that right shade of green to blend in over almost every substrate you will fish over. Because the line is quite dark, it does stand out when not on the deck and going through the water itself, but even fluorocarbons are like this, and I haven't seen any line that doesn't stand out suspended in clear water. The sinking rate of GT80+ isn't as fast as fluorocarbons, but the GT80+ itself is not as heavy and casts like a dream.
Some anglers may overlook GT80+ because of the stated diameter and breaking strains, but I would like to see line manufacturers do away with breaking strains on the spools as they can turn anglers away if they pick up a spool from another manufacturer and see that their 0.35mm line has a higher breaking strain than the other, even though in real tests, the line breaks at almost 25% higher with a weak knot!
GT80+ has a RRP of kr 299,- per spool and is available in 3 breaking strains; 10lb (0.30mm/1400metres), 12lb (0.35mm/1030metres) & 15lb (0.40mm/790metres).
I know that I will be giving the GT80+ a good amount of usage over the next few months, and know that I will not be dissapointed.
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Testen er utført av UK Carp Angler
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