That's the reason they make Ford's and BMW's...each of us has a preference...not saying one is better than the other. I love the feel of a crappie "WHACK" on braid but my elbow doesn't, and I hate the wind wrap around the rod tip. I can say the samething about MONO too. The crappie "WHACK" isn't as hard, but I don't get the line wrap around the tip of the rod. It also stretches some and is user freindly on my elbow somewhat. I fish about 200 days a year or more and its all in a fisherman's preference. I have been taught by "EB" how to slingshot a jig off wood when a hang up occures and have fished for months with clients and in wood and rock and not lost a bait......Ranger