Sunline offers a wide range of fluorocarbon products. Each fluorocarbon is made from different raw materials, and different processing methods produce different final products. Shooter is one of our most popular fluorocarbon lines with our pro angler team. These anglers choose Shooter for its extreme strength and abrasion resistance.

Sunline Shooter's Manufacturing Capabilities

It is manufactured from our most premium raw material, which is very hard and transmits feeling exceptionally well. Shooter is made for maximum abrasion resistance when spooling fluorocarbon for your mainline. This product excels with lures fished on the bottom, like casting jigs or plastics, and with techniques such as flipping and pitching.

Sunline also manufactures its lines to different specifications depending on the lb test inside the same product line. An angler using a 6lb test on a spinning reel will need a different line performance than an angler using that same line in a 20lb test.

Therefore, some of our products, like Shooter, come in three different versions depending on the lb test. In the case of Shooter, there are three versions: Finesse, Marionette, and Power Special. Each is manufactured to perform best at a given range of pound tests to maximize performance as an angler uses different sizes.

Shooter Finesse Special

Let’s first take a look at Shooter Finesse Special. Finesse Special is made for lb test sizes 7lb, 8lb, and 9lb. Anglers using these sizes primarily use this line on spinning reels, so the characteristics are designed to perform best with spinning reels. The graph below shows the rating of Finesse Special based on the following characteristics: Straight Strength, Knot Strength, Durability, Stretch, Succulence, Slickness, Abrasion Resistance, and Sensitivity.

Shooter Marionette Special

For the mid-range lb tests Shooter is offered in the Marionette Special. The lb tests in this range include 10lb, 12lb, 14lb, 16lb, 18lb and 20lb. These lb tests often involve techniques with jigs or plastics where a strong hookset and high abrasion resistance around heavy cover is needed. These lb tests are manufactured to ensure there are no break-offs, and you can get the fish out of heavy cover. The hardness of the line also transmits the most subtle bites.

Shooter Power Special

The final type of Shooter is called Power Special. It is tailored to the demands of flipping in the heaviest cover against the biggest fish. Fishing heavy cover demands extreme hooksets. For the 22lb, 25lb, and 30 lb tests, they have the perfect shock absorption to allow for powerful hooksets with short amounts of line out.

Our radar charts allow you to quickly compare the characteristics of each of the three types of Shooters. Planning how to use each of these lb tests will allow you to get maximum performance for this top-tier product.