ORLANDO, Fla. – Technology brings advances, and the latest in fishing line comes from WFT. The European company developed a fourth style of line called Gliss. It began its U.S. marketing campaign through Ardent at ICAST 2015.
“It’s a fourth style of fishing line because it is a single strand,” Ardent’s Jake Tippee said. “We’re not talking about a braid being multi strands woven together, or like Fireline that’s fused together. This is actually one strand, so it has the properties and feel of a mono or a flouro but with the strength of a braid.”
Gliss is being hailed as the fourth type of line, with performance characteristics superior to fluorocarbon, monofilament and braided lines. It’s made of Dyneema, and WFT developed a proprietary extrusion process over the past five years.
“It’s super strong, very manageable. Casting distance is incredible,” Tippee said. “That’s the one thing that everybody is loving about it. It’s very good on spinning reels and baitcasters.”
Gliss has zero stretch and the lowest diameter-to-breaking strength ratio of any line. It has great knot strength, with preferred knots on the packaging. It comes in four colors and ranges from 8- to 40-pound test.
“It’s great for casting distance, ultra sensitive, great line management, thinner than braid with comparable strength,” Tippee said. “The bass guys are really going to embrace the 40-and 24-pound test, where I think the crappie guys are going to come with the 8 and the 12. There’s going to be dropshotting applications on some super clear lakes up north with some smaller lines like the 18 and 12.”
The green and translucent colors have been popular choice while night fishing anglers in Tippee’s area of north Alabama like the yellow and pink because it glows in black light.
The only negative is that it’s so thin you have to spool some backing on baitcasters. But anglers should like the price.
“The price point is going to be $14.99 for a 150-yard spool,” Tippee said. “We’re coming in 20 percent below the competition on the braids because of the extrusion process. It’s extremely fast to make.”
