I have 12 lb braid on all my rods from 4 foot up to 16 foot. I run it because I love to pull cranks for crappie and you never know what you are going to hook up with. I want to begin doing more spider rigging. The times I have tried it with the braid, the braid becomes tangled very easily. I thought about placing the egg sinker and then a smap swivel on the end of the braid. Then making leaders out of 6 lb mono with a loop on one end and either a jig or minnow hook on the other. I figure the mono will keep everything from tangling and break off before the main line so all I have to do is retie the hook or snap on another one. Has anyone ever tried this?