temperature and UV vs line
Submitted by scotto on Sun, 2009-11-08 16:23
with the new security alarm finally installed in me new shed, i have finally got all my fishing gear neatly and securely stored away.
when i was chuckin the lawnmower back in there this arvo, i noticed how much hotter in the shed it was compared to outside. no real suprise, as its a colorbond (tin) shed and they do get warm in the sun, but it got me thinking about all the line on my reels. what also got the brain ticking over, was my rods are stored in the rack, which is directly under the fibreglass skylight sheet.
my question is, can the increased heat and filtered sunlight, damage the fishing lines (braid and mono) i use?
HuggyB
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for line
I reckon your braid will be OK, but the mono will degrade over time.
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alfred
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The braid will be okay. In
The braid will be okay. In the prerelease days, one of the test was to leave it on a hot tin roof for a year, exposed to all the elements, then test breaking strength again. Most had no issues. Mono is a different story.
sunshine
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Heat effects on resins
I would be equally concerned with the heat effects on the fibreglass or graphite construction of the blanks - too much (and it is not unusual in summer for sheds to get up to 160-180 F ) and the rods can distort - do you have them standing up or hanging horizontal - if the latter they may well adopt a "set" and, if standing I have seen the tips actually become offset to be balance of the eyes caused by rotation of the wraps within the blank caused seemingly by heat