Thread: Braid

I prefer P-line Fluoroclear. It has very little stretch and disappears in the water which is important. I use 6# fluoroclear for spider rigging and 4# on the ultralites. I caught a 10# Largemouth a few weeks ago at Lake Monticello using an ultralite with 4# P-line. I was rigged for crappie with a 1/16 jighead tied with a loop knot. Everything held just fine during the 5-6 minute battle. I have caught several 20+ lb buffalo on the 6# without a problem. One of the main things I don't like about the braided line is that if you get a tangle it is a really big problem (or impossible) getting it straightened out.

P-line is ok for open water,I Think Sufix is better then it comes to brush fishing.

I used the 10/3 spiderwire up until noon today and layed it down and pick up the 10/2 power pro.The spiderwire seemed to catch and drag out of the spincast reel more today after catching a fish.I thought I could live with a little catch and drag but its ever important to me to make the same cast over and over to the same spot.I could not do it with the spiderwire after catching a fish without having to pull alot of line out to free the catch.Power pro does not have that problem,its the one I'm going to use,handles good and cast off the spincast good plus I think the knot is going to last forever.If you cast into brush like me you need to try power pro 10/2,dragging over limbs,hanging up in trees and getting hung up does not weaken the line or knot like it does mono.

Spider Line----I got the wild idea to place spider line on my reels and poles.
The fiberglass poles I use have ultra light reels on them for using in deeper waters. The spider line does not reel in very good and it slips on the reels.
To me it was a 50 dollar waste on my reels. The spider line is not bad if you have it on poles fishing in shallow water or less than the length of your pole.

I use reels on my long fiberglass poles, that way I can slightly cast them under trees or tight spots without getting to close with the boat, plus I can use the long poles in deep water without switching to rod and reel.

I went back to my cajun mono line, I like it better for me

Hi, Folks. Greetings from your neighbor "down under." (Louisiana) :-) I'll add my own little experience with braid while jigging with a 10-foot rod. When I lived in FL, I tried PowerPro 10 pound. I just loved it; I loved the THUMP that Turtlebait describes and also loves. Once I had a good knot tied, it seemed to last forever, trip after trip, in fact. Therein lies a problem.

One day my partner and I were fishing in our favorite crappie habitat, shallow water supporting bullrushes. With him in the front of the boat, I expected to have him outcatch me, although he was always thoughtful to leave me some spots. On this one day, though, I simply could not get a bite, and John was haulin' them in. What a puzzlement to me that was. Then, it hit me: I had been using that same length of line for several trips. The line was tough stuff, for sure. During all of the days I had been fishing with it, the sun had faded it gradually from a wonderful olive green to nearly white. I had not been able to recognize the color change, as it was so gradual. Luckily, I had a spool of clear monofilament in my fishing bag; I put it onto my pole. I immediately began catching as many crappies as my partner was catching.

I think the solution would be simply to cut off a pole length of line after each trip and retie the hard-to-tie knot. Guess I was too lazy to do that.

Good luck up there, guys. Ray

i heard that the braided line would eat into the guides on the pole , dont know this for shure never tried

Yes I noticed the whiteness color in the line,it started out being just in small area's all the way up the line.This is spiderwire,,over time the samll area's kept getting longer up the line plus the line looks to be getting flatten out.Seems the pickup pins on the spincast are doing the damage however the line is still tuff and knot is lasting forever.

On the power pro I have not noticed the whiteness color yet,the color seems to be holding up good plus the knot is lasting forever.As of how I'm going power pro on all reels until I can find maybe a better braid,no complaints on power pro.
B/c of the feel and thump of the braid I'll never go back to mono,I'll learn the in and outs on braid.
Sunday fishing partner had 6 lb sufix,he broke off severals times in hangups and larger fish plus missed a few fish on hook set.I used 10/2 braid,never broke off,missed less hook sets plus the knot is the one I tied 5 days ago.

i usually troll in the summer and fall at a pretty good clip so i like a mono for the stretch to keep from tearing out of the fishes mouth...i just use the wally 6# and 8# for that however i've been using seagar flourocarbon for the deep water jigging on lake monticello in the winter and it does pretty good...after reading your post, i might try the braid for that this winter to see how it does...at 40-58', you need all the feel you can get

I just did a search on the web to see what other people say about braid and what brand braid was better.Come to find out they make several brands of braid and colors and like most mono users some liked sufix braid,P-line braid,fireline,Stern braid, ect.,ect..Looks as tho power pro was the number one pick,I know I like it.
Also found out you can pack the reel with mono bout half way then fill with braid to save money.
Understand about the pretty good clip and tear outs,with braid you'll need to learn not to set the hook.Most hits are instant hookups and no need to set the hook plus you can over power the fish which by doing so will cause a rod to break or tear out.
They also said in the winter braid would freeze up in the reel b/c it stays wetter then mono.Which said wasn't a big problem,I will let everybody know this winter if it is or not.

Sunday we could not catch a crappie,we tried this and tried that but nothing worked for crappie.I tied on a spinnerbait and caught several green carp and with braid the feel of the hit was outstanding.Tied on a topwater popper and think it works the lure better with braid plus the hit was like rod trying to jeck out of your hand lol.Sunday was the first day I tried braid on bass fishing so I tied a worm on too just to check it out.With mono you feel a tap and maybe get a hookup with braid you feel a BIG thump with instant hookup.
These are my thoughts on braid and not trying to get anyone else to change over to it,I know all my rods will have braid from now on.I like the tuffness,the knot staying power and most of all I love to feel the THUMP that you get with braid.