Line for casting.

[jay the baptist]

Thanks everyone. Looks like mono=10, fc=4, hybrid=3,
Not a braid in the bunch.
I haven't been at this long, just learning.
But any reason why you don't cast braid?

[CrappiePappy]

Thanks everyone. Looks like mono=10, fc=4, hybrid=3,
Not a braid in the bunch.
I haven't been at this long, just learning.
But any reason why you don't cast braid?

I do have one rod/reel/braid setup that used to get used primarily for casting a Road Runner or Whirley Bee Pro. Basically I was using it back when my casting rods with mono had 4# test on them and I didn't want to lose those "more expensive" baits to snags. I upped my mono test to 6# and haven't really used the braid outfit much in the last couple of years.

I have used braid off & on since back in the 1970's .... 17# Cortland, 20/6 Spider Wire, and 10/2 Power Pro (in that order over the decades) ... for different applications & species. I use braid on some of my long rods/line counter reels ... but only as a main line, as I use 6# mono for my leaders.

I always recommend anyone using braid have two items handy : a towel or dowel rod & a pair of Child Size Fiskar Scissors. The towel/dowel are for wrapping the braid around to pull your baits free from snags. Braid will cut your hands/fingers if they're used to wrap braid around. I also don't recommend using foam or cork rod handles, as braid will cut into them as well. The Fiskar Scissors are cheap, small enough to fit in small tackle boxes, and cut braid line "blunt" across the tag. This "blunt" cut helps the tag end go thru the line eye of your baits/hooks more easily. Other cutting tools (clippers, knives, etc) can leave the tag end with braid fibers exposed, and braid being so limp it becomes cumbersome to try and poke the tag end thru those line eyes when the fibers bend the tag end away from the line eye opening.

[SuperCorona]

Stren crappie mono hi-vis gold 2# or 4#

[Alphahawk]

I am a strictly cast and retrieve fisherman using all UL tackle. I use a total of 3 different lines.....all of them true 2# test line.....meaning they break at two pounds. I use braid......nylon monofilament......and ester monofilament.....which maybe about 6 people on this forum have ever heard of or use. Being strictly a finesse fisherman feel and sensitively are of huge importance to me. If I’m fishing deep water.....8-20 feet or so I use the ester line because it sinks and the sensitivity is off the charts......plus it is colored so I can see it. FC line would give me same results but I can’t see 2# test FC line. If I’m fishing shallow I’m subject to use braid for the feel and the fun factor. I use nylon if I’m fishing where there is a high probability that I will be hooking into a lot of larger fish even though I am targeting crappie.....meaning smallmouth....largemouth.....white bass. When I initially answered your post I thought you were looking for just one line type answer. I feel for my way of fishing I need the 3 types of line and braid is certainly on that list. But I use it for a particular application and with a particular type of rod. I have some UL rods known as “Area trout rods”. They are very soft in action and give me a good amount of flex so when I use braid I won’t be pulling hooks out of fish if I was using a much more rigid rod.....plus braid gives me a huge fun factor with the thump and the fight.

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[INTIMIDATOR]

I use nothing but Seaguar SD braid on every reel...spinner, spincast, baitcast, for every technique.

[Grandriverguy]

6# Stren mono Hi-Vis Gold


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[Gbcorley]

I always used the Trilene XL in 2 and 4 pound and is probably a old stand by for most, and never really tired anything else. Since I have been testing a rod I'm building and i have played with about every line i can get my hands on to see how it handles them. Its 7ft and i have a quantum 3000 EXO, i think the reel your casting with makes as big a difference as the line does. The lines i personally have liked the best is Gamma pan fish in 2-4 witch is a visible lime green color, P Line flouroclear in 4, Seagaur finesse flourcarbon in 5.2(diameter is .165mm),Seagar premium rippin mono in 4 (Diameter is.175). I found some 3 and 5 pound original power pro, witch for a super light braid has worked every well. In no order do I think any of thees lines the better then the next, but on the application your using i will be switching over to these for differnt things.

[Treeshaka]

I scanned over this thread fairly quickly and I didn’t see nanofilament mentioned? CMon guys and gals nanofilament for the win here. If you haven’t tried it please do. Yes it doesn’t have very good abrasion resistance but you can use a mono leader of your choice to combat this. Really effortless casting I was amazed at the difference

[deathb4disco]

I scanned over this thread fairly quickly and I didn’t see nanofilament mentioned?

It's been mentioned in many other threads. Some love it, some hate it.