#0.6 PE line: strength and diameter by brand

Size #0.6 (0.6 go) is 120 denier under the JAFS standard for PE line. The chart that VARIVAS publishes puts it at about 0.132 mm, as a rough guide only.

The lines below rate #0.6 at 10 to 14 lb. Compare figures with the same basis: a maximum is higher than an average for the same line.

LineMaxAverageStandardBasis not statedDiameterLengthsSource
YGK X-BRAID UPGRADE X8———14 lbnot published100 m, 150 m, 200 mMaker’s page
DUEL HARDCORE X813 lb / 5.8 kg—4.5 kg—0.132 mm150 m, 200 mMaker’s page
Seaguar PEX8 Pitch Color Changer14 lb / 6.4 kg12 lb / 5.4 kg——0.128 mm150 m, 200 mMaker’s page
Sunline SIGLON PE×810 lb / 4.5 kg———0.132 mm150 m, 200 m, 300 mMaker’s page
VARIVAS PE 8 Stripe Marking Edition13 lb——5.88 kgnot published150 m, 200 m, 300 mMaker’s page

Published diameters — DUEL: same as the approximate PE diameter in the JAFS chart; Seaguar: same as the JAFS standard diameter for nylon and fluorocarbon line; Sunline: same as the approximate PE diameter in the JAFS chart. We have not measured any line. Links to makers' pages are not affiliate links.

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