Fluorocarbon Leader Material vs. Regular Fluorocarbon Line

[MichaelAngelo]

Word on the street is that line sold as "leader material" is tougher than line sold to fill a spool.

I've been looking at the line diameters of expensive flurocarbon leader material and comparing it to much cheaper flurocarbon line sold on big spools.

Berkley vanish:

Model No. Diameter (in) Pound Test Yards Color Price
VPS4-15 (1053992) 0.007 4 110 Clear $5.99
VPS6-15 (1010821) 0.009 6 110 Clear $5.99

Berkley vanish leader material:

VLM4-15 (1071681) 0.009 4 50 Clear $9.99
VLM6-15 (1071682) 0.010 6 50 Clear $9.99


So 6lb berkley vanish spool line is equivalent to 4lb berkley vanish leader material.

No wonder it's tougher!

Unless the actual composition of the line is different, this'll save us a lot of money.