Quote Originally Posted by RK1 View Post
In my cranking experience and from what I’ve gathered from others. Braided line is used to save your $5 a piece cranks. Tying any sort of mono or floro leader to the braid seems like it just defeats the purpose. If you’re going to use mono leaders I would just spool up the entire reel with mono and save yourself the money you would spend on braid...


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I think this as well. I was using mono, switched all to braid to keep from loosing as many lures. Then I realized the pain of the braid was not worth it. Tangles were impossible to get out. Wind would wrap it around last eye on a 14ft rod etc....

Then I got to thinking...I troll in some pretty heavy timber stuff sometimes and the most cranks I ever lost n a trip was 3, and i rarely even loose one crank out of multiple trips. Still cheaper than the pound of minnows I usually take on a spider rigging trip every time.

Went back to mono 2 years ago. Aint lost 1 crank since and lost all the braid hassles with it. This is just what I have experienced. No Braid fans on my end lol.