Thread: Bobber Stops and Braid

I use the string tie style all the time with braid, they work pretty good.

I also use the string bobber stops on braid with great success.

I've gone from the string stops to these t-bone plastic stops. They work very well on mono and braid as you can loop the braid around the bone as many times as you want to obtain the correct friction for ease of sliding to desired depth and to hold. Only downfall is they are more difficult to see if the stop gets to the float then a string stop. I use a brightly colored bead other then what they provide between the stop and the float to assist that. I also find they travel thru the rod eyes easier.

Originally Posted by vbottom

I've gone from the string stops to these t-bone plastic stops. They work very well on mono and braid as you can loop the braid around the bone as many times as you want to obtain the correct friction for ease of sliding to desired depth and to hold. Only downfall is they are more difficult to see if the stop gets to the float then a string stop. I use a brightly colored bead other then what they provide between the stop and the float to assist that. I also find they travel thru the rod eyes easier.

That's pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.that.

I went from the little rubber stoppers to the "dog bone" style shown, because the rubber stoppers would get pulled down the line by the rod tip guide when reeling in a fish. They worked pretty well, and did run thru the guides just as easily as the rubber stops. The only problem I had with them was when changing the depth it sometimes was a little tedious to get the line wraps around the "bone" to come loose enough to adjust the line depth. And if I had them on the line for several trips ... the line would be "kinked" at those places where the "bone" had been.
When I hadn't used them for several seasons or years, when I did go to use them they basically disintegrated in my hand ... whether still on the line or still in the tacklebox. Not sure if UV damage, heat damage, or just age was the culprit, but at that time I had basically stopped using slip floats for the most part, so there was no need to replace them. And by the way ... the rubber stops had pretty much the same ending.
Mind you, though, this was several decades ago ... so there could have been "improvements" since those days. And, in fact, I do have one outfit rigged with a slip float & a 'black' rubber stopper that has been in my rod rack unused for many years and the stopper is still in good shape.

But, to the original question by tndux ... I have yet to use any form of bobber stop on braid. If I were to ... it would definitely be the "dog bone" style.

Tried them all. None of them work great all the time- they get caught in the spool in deep water situations. A couple of my best spots hold fish around 20' deep year round. If the tip doesn't move the stop, it hangs in the spool with a couple of wraps. If I had to rank them it would be #1 rubber, #2 string, and lastly the dog bone ones. Never liked the bones!

I use small size rubber bead style on 15 lb. braid & they work great.

Thanks for the info. I usually tie a mono knot several times and it usually works ok, but the other day it was pretty frustrating.