Braid on jig pole?

Yesterday, I picked up my jig poles for the first time this year. I need to put new line on them, but I started wondering "what" new line I wanted. I am thinking about going with a braided line for my jig poles for extra sensitivity. I have never used braid for crappie fishing before.

I know some of you gewbers use braid for pulling cranks, but do any of you use it on your jig poles.

What are the benefits and what do you see as the potential problems?

Any suggestions for the brand and diameter/test?

I have used it for a long time. Tough,dosnt wear out, very sensitive. Tip a jig with minnow and you can feel him thumping away. In the wind some of it will tend to wrap around tip and it dosnt slip through a slip cork peg like mono will. When I try some more I'm going to get some of the BoneHead orange braid from Josh down in Texas. Sponsor here. Nothing but positive reviews on his line. Also the new PowerPro super slick is supposed to be good. Expensive but how much do you need on a jig pole? 150 yard spool should last you for years.

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Originally Posted by cray

I have used it for a long time. Tough,dosnt wear out, very sensitive. Tip a jig with minnow and you can feel him thumping away. In the wind some of it will tend to wrap around tip and it dosnt slip through a slip cork peg like mono will. When I try some more I'm going to get some of the BoneHead orange braid from Josh down in Texas. Sponsor here. Nothing but positive reviews on his line. Also the new PowerPro super slick is supposed to be good. Expensive but how much do you need on a jig pole? 150 yard spool should last you for years.

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Thanks, Cray!
Exactly the kind of information I was looking for!
This is why I keep coming back to Crappie.com!

Braid is the only way I go!

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Originally Posted by Iwannafish

... what do you see as the potential problems?

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Some manufacturers will tell you their guides/poles are not rated for braided lines and will not honor the warranty if you use braid.

For example, see the first post here:

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/showt...24461-BnM-Rods

I have seen similar comments in other threads.

15lb mono. I can feel every bite just fine.

Tough, strong and outlasts mono by a long shot but tangles are a nightmare!

Love 10lb hi vis braid. Still have one rigged with mono too, but with braid you never have to worry about breaking off. At least not on a crappie.

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Originally Posted by Perch Jerkr

Tough, strong and outlasts mono by a long shot but tangles are a nightmare!

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Try the Bone Head Tackle brand orange braid 12 lb. test Its not bad to tangle www.boneheadtackle.com

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Originally Posted by G";2653445]Try the Bone Head Tackle brand orange braid 12 lb. test Its not bad to tangle [URL="http://www.boneheadtackle.com

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I will give it a try. Thanks.

I been using braid for the last 5 years and love the stuff.:biggrin

Do yall use braid in clear water? I've had 10lb braid on my jig pole for years but last week I was fishing a spring-fed lake with much better visibility than the lakes I usually fish so I switched out the reel with one that had been on one of my spider rigging poles that had mono on it.

I ended up fishing my ultralite spinning rod most of that day, we didnt get any bites around the timber we were jiging and ended up finding some shallow in a cove. I have a 6'9 St Croix ultralite crappie series spinning rod, I had it spooled with 4lb mono and was casting a 1/16th oz roadrunner with a curly tail body and flat wore them out. About half of them were blacknose and fought like crazy. Most fun I've had crappie fishing in a long time.

The water is not very clear in the where I fish. But braid sure lasts a long time!

I hate the stuff. Spend all day trying to unwrap it from your rod tips.

What ever you like but i I tried the stuff one time and don't want it on anything I got.

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Originally Posted by feelay

I hate the stuff. Spend all day trying to unwrap it from your rod tips.

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I with you. You couldnt pay me to use it.

I don't like it on my jigging poles . 10 lb hi vis mono . Just what i use .

8# Hi-Vis gold never have liked braided line

I use braid for Heavy jigs, Spoons, Blades 1/2 ounce and up, always use a fluorocarbon leader. For lighter jigs the heavier braid seems to have a negative impact on being able to keep jig at depth. For the bulk of my jig fishing using 1/32 or lighter up to 1/8 jigs I prefer Tatsu or Magna thin. My Go to Braid is 20/8 and my floro or mono range from 4# to 8# Depending on where I am fishing.