Available in 50m and 100m spools 50m = £1.60 100m = £5.25 Fluorocarbon Coated Supersoft Hook Length Ultima XT7 is a unique Hi-tech line that is possibly the most highly specialised product in the Ultima range and has been developed to give a specific edge to today’s competition angler. PRESENTATION IS EVERYTHING Presentation is possibly the most critically important factor in the quest to increase bites and catch rates. It was our goal when we started the development of XT7 to provide ultimate presentation to the match angler along with maximum strength performance. INHERENT STRENGTH The highest quality copolymers have been used to give XT7 an incredibly high linear and knot strength which must be the basis for any successful match line. Production is carried out in small carefully controlled batches to ensure accuracy of diameter and consistent quality control, difficult in these very fine diameters. This is possible because, from the outset, it was decided that actual production would be undertaken on laboratory sampling machines which can work to far higher tolerances and offer much higher levels of control than any normal full scale monofilament production line. This does makes XT7 expensive to produce but it means we can ensure that the quality is right, not only the first time but time and time again. A price well worth paying in our opinion. SOFT TECHNOLOGY Once the required quality levels had been achieved, the job was to make XT7 the best line as far as presentation is concerned. It’s superb strength and thin diameter were a great start, but the goal was to make this something special. All monofilament is processed in a softening bath after it is produced. The first thing was to improve the effectiveness of this process which hadn’t changed for many years. After much experiment, improved results were achieved by doubling the bath time and altering the bath medium formula with a resulting improvement in softness of 10%. After this, an additional process, originally developed by the Japanese in the late 90’s, was used to apply a fluorocarbon impregnation to the line which had the effect of softening it by a further 10%. The final result for XT7 was to soften the line by 19% compared with its original form and thus delivering significantly improved bait presentation which surpasses any other product out there. There was however another unforeseen benefit. KNOT STRENGTH BONUS The fluorocarbon coating had the unforeseen effect of providing a waterproof coating to XT7. As many people know monofilament absorbs water when submerged. This water absorption swells the line and reduces the knot strength by 10 -15% after being in water for any period of time. Because XT7 was now water resistant because of the fluorocarbon coating, this no longer happens. Consequently XT7 maintains its knot strength at maximum no matter how long it is in use, a critical bonus, particularly when you want to fish as thin as possible using very fine hook lengths where knots are always the weakest point. Maintaining 95% knot strength indefinitely through a fishing session is now a reality. XT7 is a truly remarkable product.
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