Mels-Place.com - Monofilament, Copolymer, Fluorocarbon & Braided Fishing Line Diameter Comparison

Monofilament Line Diameters
Albacore X-Strong		Ande IGFA		Ande Premium		ASSO Double Strength
inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm

8-lb.	0.009	0.22	0.010	0.25	0.011	0.28
10-lb.	0.010	0.25			0.012	0.30
12-lb.	0.011	0.28	0.013	0.325	0.014	0.36
15-lb.	0.013	0.32			0.016	0.41
16-lb.			0.015	0.375	0.016	0.41
17-lb.	0.014	0.35
20-lb.			0.017	0.425	0.018	0.46
25-lb.	0.016	0.40			0.020	0.51
30-lb.	0.018	0.45	0.021	0.525	0.022	0.56
40-lb.	0.022	0.55			0.024	0.61	0.022	0.55
50-lb.	0.026	0.65	0.027	0.675	0.028	0.71	0.024	0.60
60-lb.	0.028	0.70			0.031	0.79	0.026	0.65
80-lb.	0.031	0.80	0.033	0.85	0.035	0.89	0.030	0.75
100-lb.	0.035	0.90			0.039	0.99	0.033	0.85
130-lb.	0.043	1.10	0.047	1.20	0.051	1.30	0.037	0.95
150-lb.	0.047	1.20			0.055	1.40	0.039	1.00
200-lb.	0.055	1.40			0.063	1.60	0.047	1.20
250-lb.					0.071	1.80	0.051	1.30
300-lb.	0.071	1.80			0.075	1.91	0.055	1.40

Monofilament Line Diameters
Fins Evolution Unibond		Hi-Seas Black Widow		Hi-Seas Grand Slam		Hi-Seas Quattro
inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm

8-lb.	0.011	0.28	0.009	0.23
10-lb.	0.012	0.30	0.010	0.25	0.010	0.25	0.012	0.30
12-lb.	0.013	0.33	0.011	0.28	0.011	0.28	0.014	0.36
15-lb.					0.013	0.33	0.016	0.41
16-lb.
17-lb.	0.016	0.41	0.013	0.33
20-lb.	0.017	0.43	0.015	0.38	0.015	0.38	0.018	0.46
25-lb.							0.020	0.51
30-lb.			0.016	0.41	0.019	0.48	0.022	0.56
40-lb.							0.024	0.61
50-lb.			0.024	0.61	0.026	0.66	0.028	0.71
60-lb.							0.031	0.79
80-lb.			0.031	0.79	0.033	0.84	0.035	0.89
100-lb.							0.039	0.99
130-lb.					0.047	1.19	0.047	1.19
150-lb.
200-lb.
250-lb.
300-lb.

Monofilament Line Diameters
Offshore Angler Tight Line		P-Line Original		Soft Steel		Soft Steel Ultra Thin
inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm

8-lb.			0.009	0.23	0.011	0.28
10-lb.	0.012	0.30	0.011	0.28	0.012	0.30
12-lb.	0.014	0.36	0.013	0.33	0.014	0.35
15-lb.	0.016	0.41	0.015	0.38	0.016	0.40
16-lb.
17-lb.
20-lb.	0.018	0.46	0.016	0.41	0.018	0.45
25-lb.	0.020	0.51	0.019	0.48	0.020	0.50
30-lb.	0.022	0.56	0.020	0.51	0.022	0.55
40-lb.	0.024	0.61	0.022	0.56	0.024	0.60	0.022	0.55
50-lb.	0.028	0.71	0.024	0.61	0.028	0.70	0.024	0.60
60-lb.	0.031	0.79	0.028	0.71	0.031	0.80	0.026	0.65
80-lb.	0.035	0.89	0.032	0.81	0.035	0.90	0.030	0.75
100-lb.	0.039	1.00			0.039	1.00	0.033	0.85
130-lb.					0.043	1.10	0.037	0.95
150-lb.							0.039	1.00
200-lb.							0.047	1.20
250-lb.							0.051	1.30
300-lb.							0.055	1.40

Monofilament Line Diameters
Stren Original		Stren Super Tough		Sufix Key Lime IGFA		Sufix Superior
inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm

8-lb.	0.011	0.28	0.011	0.28	0.011	0.27	0.011	0.28
10-lb.	0.012	0.30	0.012	0.30			0.012	0.30
12-lb.	0.013	0.33	.013	0.33	0.013	0.32	0.014	0.35
15-lb.	0.014	0.36	0.014	0.36			0.016	0.40
16-lb.					0.015	0.37
17-lb.	0.016	0.41	0.016	0.41
20-lb.	0.018	0.46	0.018	0.46	0.017	0.42	0.018	0.45
25-lb.	0.020	0.51	0.020	0.51			0.020	0.50
30-lb.	0.022	0.56	0.022	0.56	0.020	0.52	0.022	0.55
40-lb.	0.023	0.58	0.024	0.61			0.024	0.60
50-lb.	0.030	0.76			0.027	0.68	0.028	0.70
60-lb.							0.031	0.80
80-lb.	0.039	1.00			0.034	0.86	0.035	0.90
100-lb.							0.039	1.00
130-lb.					0.043	1.10	0.047	1.20
150-lb.
200-lb.
250-lb.
300-lb.

Fluorocarbon Line Diameters
Momoi Fluoro Carbon Line		Momoi Hi-Catch Fluoro Leader		Seaguar Fluoro Leader		Soft Steel Fluoro Leader
inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm

8-lb.			0.011	0.27	0.009	0.24	0.009	0.23
10-lb.			0.012	0.30	0.011	0.29	0.010	0.25
12-lb.	0.013	0.33	0.013	0.33	0.013	0.33
15-lb.			0.015	0.37	0.015	0.37
16-lb.							0.014	0.35
17-lb.
20-lb.	0.016	0.41	0.017	0.44	0.016	0.41	0.016	0.40
25-lb.	0.019	0.47	0.019	0.47	0.019	0.47
30-lb.	0.020	0.52	0.020	0.52	0.020	0.52	0.019	0.48
40-lb.	0.024	0.62	0.024	0.62	0.024	0.62
50-lb.	0.026	0.66	0.026	0.67	0.026	0.66	0.024	0.60
60-lb.	0.029	0.74	0.029	0.74	0.029	0.74
80-lb.	0.034	0.86	0.034	0.87	0.036	0.91
90-lb.	0.041	1.05					0.035	0.90
100-lb.			0.042	1.06	0.041	1.05	0.039	1.00
130-lb.	0.044	1.11			0.050	1.28
150-lb.			0.046	1.17			0.047	1.20
200-lb.	0.062	1.57	0.063	1.59	0.062	1.57	0.055	1.40
250-lb.			0.071	1.81			0.063	1.60
300-lb.	0.076	1.93	0.080	2.04	0.076	1.93	0.071	1.80

Superline Diameters
Cortland Spectron		Berkley FireLine		Fins PRT Braid Spectra		Fins Evolution HP Unibond
inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm

8-lb.	0.005	0.13	0.003	0.08			0.010	0.25
10-lb.			0.004	0.10	0.007	0.18	0.012	0.30
12-lb.							0.013	0.33
15-lb.	0.007	0.18	0.006	0.15
16-lb.
17-lb.							0.016	0.41
20-lb.	0.008	0.20	0.008	0.20	0.010	0.25	0.017	0.43
25-lb.
30-lb.			0.012	0.30	0.011	0.28
35-lb.	0.013	0.33
40-lb.
50-lb.	0.015	0.38			0.013	0.33
60-lb.					0.015	0.38
80-lb.	0.021	0.53			0.018	0.46
100-lb.
130-lb.	0.027	0.69			0.020	0.51
150-lb.
200-lb.	0.030	0.76			0.030	0.76
250-lb.
300-lb.

Superline Diameters
Sufix HercuLine Blend Dyneema		Sufix HercuLine Dyneema		Western Filament T.U.F. Line		Western Filament T.U.F. Line Plus
inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm

8-lb.			0.001	0.03
10-lb.			0.004	0.10
12-lb.			0.005	0.12			0.005	0.13
15-lb.	0.012	0.30	0.006	0.14	0.007	0.18
16-lb.
17-lb.							0.007	0.18
20-lb.	0.013	0.33	0.007	0.18	0.009	0.23
25-lb.			0.008	0.20
30-lb.	0.014	0.35	0.009	0.24			0.009	0.23
35-lb.			0.011	0.28	0.012	0.30
40-lb.	0.017	0.43	0.013	0.32
50-lb.	0.020	0.52	0.015	0.38	0.017	0.43	0.012	0.30
60-lb.			0.018	0.45
65-lb.
80-lb.			0.020	0.51	0.020	0.51	0.020	0.51
100-lb.					0.021	0.53	0.021	0.53
130-lb.			0.027	0.69	0.027	0.69	0.027	0.69
150-lb.					0.028	0.71
200-lb.			0.043	1.10	0.030	0.76	0.030	0.76
250-lb.
300-lb.

Monofilament Line Diameters
ASSO Tournament		Berkley Trilene Big Game		Berkley IronSilk		Cajun Lightnin
inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm

8-lb.	0.010	0.26			0.011	0.28	0.011	0.28
10-lb.			0.012	0.30	0.012	0.30	0.012	0.30
12-lb.	0.013	0.32	0.014	0.36	0.013	0.33	0.013	0.33
15-lb.			0.015	0.38	0.015	0.38	0.015	0.38
16-lb.	0.015	0.37
17-lb.					0.016	0.41	0.017	0.43
20-lb.	0.016	0.40	0.018	0.46	0.018	0.46	0.018	0.46
25-lb.			0.019	0.48	0.019	0.48
30-lb.	0.020	0.52	0.022	0.56	0.021	0.53	0.023	0.58
40-lb.			0.024	0.61	0.024	0.61
50-lb.	0.028	0.70	0.028	0.71	0.026	0.66	0.030	0.76
60-lb.			0.030	0.76
80-lb.	0.035	0.90	0.035	0.89			0.040	1.02
100-lb.			0.039	0.99
130-lb.	0.047	1.20	0.044	1.12
150-lb.			0.056	1.42
200-lb.							0.065	1.65
250-lb.
300-lb.

Monofilament Line Diameters
Jinkai		Momoi Diamond		Momoi Hi-Catch		Momoi Hi-Catch IGFA
inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm

8-lb.	0.009	0.23			0.010	0.26	0.011	0.29
10-lb.					0.011	0.29
12-lb.	0.011	0.28			0.012	0.31	0.012	0.31
15-lb.
16-lb.	0.013	0.33			0.015	0.37	0.016	0.40
17-lb.
20-lb.	0.016	0.40			0.016	0.40	0.018	0.45
25-lb.					0.018	0.46
30-lb.	0.019	0.47	0.023	0.59	0.020	0.52	0.022	0.57
40-lb.			0.026	0.65	0.024	0.60
50-lb.	0.024	0.62	0.030	0.75	0.028	0.70	0.028	0.70
60-lb.	0.029	0.74	0.031	0.80	0.030	0.75
80-lb.	0.032	0.81	0.035	0.90	0.033	0.85	0.033	0.85
100-lb.	0.035	0.90	0.039	1.00	0.035	0.90
130-lb.	0.041	1.04	0.050	1.28	0.047	1.20	0.047	1.20
150-lb.	0.046	1.17			0.050	1.28
200-lb.	0.052	1.33			0.055	1.40
250-lb.	0.058	1.47			0.063	1.60
300-lb.	0.061	1.56			0.071	1.80

Monofilament Line Diameters
SpiderWire Big Water Mono		SpiderWire Super Mono XXX		Stren High Impact		Stren Magnathin
inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm

8-lb.	0.011	0.28	0.009	0.23			0.010	0.25
10-lb.	0.012	0.30	0.010	0.25	0.012	0.30	0.011	0.28
12-lb.	0.014	0.36	0.012	0.30	0.014	0.36	0.012	0.30
15-lb.	0.016	0.41	0.013	0.33	0.016	0.41
16-lb.							0.014	0.36
17-lb.			0.014	0.36
20-lb.	0.018	0.46	0.016		0.018	0.46	0.016	0.41
25-lb.					0.020	0.51
30-lb.	0.022	0.56	0.019	0.48	0.022	0.56	0.018	0.46
40-lb.	0.024	0.61			0.026	0.66	0.022	0.56
50-lb.	0.027	0.69			0.028	0.71	0.024	0.61
60-lb.	0.031	0.79
80-lb.	0.035	0.89			0.035	0.89	0.029	0.74
100-lb.
130-lb.	0.046	1.17			0.044	1.12	0.038	0.97
150-lb.
200-lb.
250-lb.
300-lb.

Monofilament Line Diameters
Sufix Superior Leader		Sufix Ultra Supreme IGFA		Tuff Stuff Premium		Tuff Stuff Super Mono
inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm

8-lb.			0.010	0.25
10-lb.					0.011	0.29	0.013	0.33
12-lb.			0.012	0.30	0.013	0.33	0.014	0.36
15-lb.					0.015	0.37	0.015	0.39
16-lb.			0.014	0.35
17-lb.							0.017	0.42
20-lb.	0.018	0.45	0.016	0.40	0.016	0.40	0.018	0.45
25-lb.
30-lb.	0.020	0.50	0.019	0.48	0.020	0.50	0.022	0.55
40-lb.	0.024	0.60
50-lb.	0.026	0.65	0.025	0.64	0.024	0.62	0.029	0.73
60-lb.	0.028	0.70			0.028	0.70
80-lb.	0.031	0.80	0.031	0.80	0.032	0.81	0.035	0.89
100-lb.	0.035	0.90			0.036	0.91	0.039	0.99
130-lb.	0.039	1.00	0.039	1.00	0.041	1.05
150-lb.	0.047	1.20			0.045	1.15	0.051	1.30
200-lb.	0.055	1.40			0.051	1.30
250-lb.	0.059	1.50
300-lb.	0.063	1.60			0.069	1.75	0.061	1.56

Fluorocarbon Line Diameters
Stren High Impact Fluoro Leader		Sufix Invisiline Fluoro Leader		Tuff Stuff Fluoro Line		Yo-Zuri Hybrid Nylon / Fluoro
inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm

8-lb.	0.009	0.23	0.011	0.27	0.010	0.26	0.011	0.28
10-lb.	0.011	0.28	0.012	0.30	0.012	0.30	0.012	0.30
12-lb.	0.013	0.33	0.013	0.33	0.013	0.34	0.013	0.33
15-lb.	0.015	0.38	0.015	0.37	0.015	0.38	0.016	0.41
16-lb.
17-lb.
20-lb.	0.017	0.43	0.017	0.44	0.017	0.42	0.017	0.43
25-lb.	0.019	0.48	0.019	0.47	0.019	0.48	0.019	0.48
30-lb.	0.020	0.51	0.020	0.52	0.022	0.55	0.023	0.58
40-lb.	0.024	0.61	0.024	0.62	0.026	0.65	0.024	0.61
50-lb.	0.028	0.71	0.026	0.67	0.028	0.70	0.028	0.71
60-lb.	0.031	0.79	0.029	0.74	0.030	0.75	0.031	0.79
80-lb.	0.036	0.91	0.034	0.87	0.033	0.85	0.034	0.86
90-lb.					0.035	0.90
100-lb.	0.041	1.04	0.042	1.06	0.039	1.00	0.038	0.97
130-lb.	0.047	1.19			0.045	1.15	0.048	1.22
150-lb.	0.055	1.40	0.046	1.17	0.051	1.30
200-lb.	0.063	1.60	0.063	1.59	0.063	1.60	0.058	1.47
250-lb.	0.072	1.83	0.071	1.81	0.069	1.75
300-lb.	0.080	2.03	0.080	2.04	0.077	1.95

Superline Diameters
Jerry Brown Line One Spectra		Offshore Angler Magibraid		PowerPro Spectra		Spiderwire Big Water Braid
inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm

8-lb.					0.005	0.12
10-lb.					0.006	0.15
12-lb.			0.005	0.13
15-lb.
16-lb.
17-lb.
20-lb.			0.006	0.15	0.009	0.23
25-lb.
30-lb.			0.008	0.20	0.011	0.28
35-lb.
40-lb.
50-lb.			0.013	0.33	0.014	0.36
60-lb.					0.016	0.41	0.015	0.38
80-lb.	0.014	0.36	0.021	0.53	0.017	0.43	0.017	0.43
100-lb.					0.018	0.46
130-lb.	0.019	0.48	0.024	0.61			0.020	0.51
150-lb.					0.022	0.56
200-lb.	0.023	0.58			0.030	0.76	0.028	0.71
250-lb.					0.035	0.89
300-lb.

Superline Diameters
Western Filament T.U.F. Line XP
inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm	inch	mm

8-lb.
10-lb.
12-lb.
15-lb.	0.006	0.152
16-lb.
17-lb.
20-lb.	0.008	0.203
25-lb.
30-lb.	0.011	0.279
35-lb.
40-lb.
50-lb.	0.012	0.305
60-lb.
65-lb.	0.016	0.410
80-lb.	0.018	0.460
100-lb.	0.019	0.475
130-lb.	0.022	0.560
150-lb.	0.023	0.573
200-lb.	0.028	0.711
250-lb.
300-lb.