Quote Originally Posted by Spoonminnow View Post
Today I fished with a partner: both of us had 8# test braid on our spincast and spinning reels. He brought in a 2 lb bass, I was able to net a 25" chain pickerel not to mention the 85 fish of all size and of different species that we caught using light jigs and plastics. My partner got caught up in 5 snags (tree branches, subsurface wood) and never lost a lure. Of course like any line made, we both lost lures to pickerel but not to the +1.5 lb bass we both caught. Even with the 12 mph wind, we felt light strikes in water 3-6' and were able to set the hook with few fish escaping from bad hook sets due to line stretch.

My partner was thrilled with the new rod/ reel combo he paid me for as well as the braid I replaced the mono with and being able to make long casts and distant hooksets using 1/32oz jig + plastics.
The positives of braid