Any center pin guys around here?

A few of us are around.....

Good to hear, I only know of about 5 pin fisherman down here in sw washington

Nice rag fish btw

Nice rag fish btw

Yep.

Pinheads unite!

I dig the pin!

I am not alone! I'm pretty new to centerpin fishing but I'm hooked already, started about 6 months ago, already nailed 6 steelhead, a coho, 2 chinook and 2 chinook jacs with it, no drag what a rush!

Pinhead? We're pinheads?

Ok then. How 'bout "flaming cork soakers"?

Rise of the pinheads!

I used a Center Pin once in awhile.

Bead and float=steelhead death

Anybody got opinions on the best line for centerpins
So far I've only tryed raven mainline, I've heard good things about siglon f?

Siglon FF is the shizzle for pinning.

Way better than raven, amnesia, or anything else out there.

The sign of a true center pinner; always on the hunt for the perfect main line.

Like Corey says Siglon FF (not F) is highly regarded. It can be expensive however due to "floating" qualities and difficult to find due to limited distribution. Floating quality is not a big factor for me as I fish 11'+ rods, out of a boat and I rarely make "hero" drifts. I do fish Raven, which is cheaper and much easier to find. It has a good "handle" and "drape" as well as low memory with low stretch. On the downside, it's like Maxima UG or gum, it get stale and loses it's suppleness fairly quickly, so I might change line a couple times in a season depending on how much I fish it. A similar line to Raven (maybe same?) is Cortland Endurance. Not common out here, but a few east coast friends swear by it. Another not so common line I also like which has an excellent finish is Suffix Siege. Nice line, but downside is thinner and more stretch than I like, so I step up on this one to 14# or higher. For common lines out here, I like P-Line CX; not the best in any one particular area but very good all-round contender. A lot of our northern brethren use Maxima UG, but I'm not a fan with CP.

Generally I'm most concerned about how line feels in hand and comes off spool than test strength, so I will lean to higher test with diameters @ 30 mm (.12 in). 12# is typical, although I will go down to 8 in summer and up to 16# depending on fish, rod and water.

I like hi-vis main line for all the obvious reasons. Raven, P-line hi-vis yellow are go to's, but I also like the more subtle Siege Orange too.

When using floats, I use either Seagar or P-Line florocarbon leaders for stiffness and sink. For drift fishing with CP, standard UG or Chameleon.

Still looking for that perfect CP line, so open to other suggestions. Let's hear em'.

I've got the Tangerine Suffix Seige on mine.

Fish on...

Todd

I love the pin. Fish it as much as possible. Been wondering if there were many other pinheads around, good to see some!

I've not been a fan of Siglon for several years now. Yeah it's bright, yeah it floats, but it has a smaller diameter than any other mono out there. i.e. 10# is about standard 8# diameter. I've had many problems when snagged breaking off above the float, which will surely get me raging. That coupled with the high cost and the difficulty to obtain put the final nail in the coffin for me. I also realized that I wanted to change my line several times a season if needed and that gets pricey with Siglon. I've been on Suffix Elite and Seige for a few years and have been liking it. For a while it was high vis, either orange or pink, and lately I've been on low vis green for ultimate stealth. That said, I'm thinking about heading back to high-vis, but incorporating a low vis shot line of the same strength as the mainline.
I've got a spool of orange Gamma copolymer right now from a rep that will go on an Islander I've been waiting for as soon as that shows up. I've also heard good things about Ande as a pin line, and you can get giant spools of that cheap.

You pretty much covered it. Lately, I have been using P-line hi-vis yellow in 12 lb. test, due to the simple fact that I have been having trouble finding Raven line. However, I have been thinking about trying braid.

Good advice thanx guys, I think I'll try the suffix before I try the costly siglon ff, floating line makes things soo much smoother even with my 11'3" rod out of a boat or from the bank. Currently I'm running ande 10# it dosent float but other than that its good line, especially if u plan on drift fishing with a pin