braid question

[BareKnuckleJigs]

Have PP on a few of mine, the heavier ones, 20 lb., 50 lb., and 65 lb..  Have Sufix 832 on the lighter Spinning Reels, 6 and 10.  I've tried the Seaguar braid which was horrible.  I find the Sufix to hold its color a little longer than PP, but both lose it.  I prefer my braid to be more stiff, not soft and floppy like wet cotton twine.  I am happy with my rigs the way they are now but I'm game to make the swap to all 832 (from PP) when it's time for new line.  I do find the 832 to be a bit more abrasion resistant...PP gets fuzzy just from passing through guides, while the 832 seems to hold up quite a bit better.

[pjmcla]

Are you all fishing the braid for feel or are you fishing in thick stuff where you need the abrasion resistance?  Or heavy current where the line diameter provides less resistance?

[kevin]

i fish braid everywhere , doesnt matter if i'm fishing thick stuff,,current, (just prefer it)
i like it on most of my rods cause of strength and no stretch..
 easier hook sets
it might cost more $ ,
but it last long. like earlier post ..when it looses color or you have fished it alot. just put it onto another reel an wham!!!! u have new line that has'nt seen water.
I use the 20lb  ,30lb an 50lb for top water never owned 10 or 15lb braid  YET
  On most my rods i use  a  fluoro leader ,  that i tie the crazy alberto knot to attach them with.
       I have no experience with the micro guide rods so i am not sure how the crazy alberto knot  passes  through them
I have bought several brands of over seas braid. I am going to try out soon and   see how they do.( it is much cheaper)
      I have been buying my name brand  braided line  online for many years.  I usually can get the 300yd spools for as cheap as the 150yd spools that they sell in stores.

[BareKnuckleJigs]

I use braid for all of the reasons...no stretch = sensitivity = hook-set efficiency (be mindful with hook-sets, and all the variables therein).  Diameter = low resistance = high spool capacity.  I've gathered that braid lasts longer on the reel and doesn't deteriorate like mono and fluorocarbon can.  I always use mono or fluorocarbon leaders for 1, lower visibility...2, fluoro./mono leaders are easier to work with than braid...and 3, leaders are replaced (probably retied a time or 2 before the whole leader gets replaced) instead of shortening the Main Line every time You retie.

Braid is awesome in deep water...by deep I mean 150' down to about 400'...I don't like cranking over 400' fishing the bottom, and 300' is about all I really care to crank from...braid just excels because of all the benefits of no-stretch here.  I also like braid for fishing Catfish.

I have the 6 lb. and 10 lb. braid on the 2 lighter rigs for sensitivity, over-testage (I find braid usually seems like it over-tests), and mostly the castability.  It casts WAY better than mono/fluoro (from a spinning reel) since it doesn't have the diameter and the stiff Spool Memory Coils.  Thinking about it now, the only reels I have left with non-braid are my 2 Calcuttas...a 200B and a 200GTB...they get Red Label.

[efishnc]

Are you all fishing the braid for feel or are you fishing in thick stuff where you need the abrasion resistance?  Or heavy current where the line diameter provides less resistance?

I use braid for feel, mainly when I'm "long-lining" for walleyes above freezing temps, but go to mono below freezing; to me braid is all about feel... (kinda goofy, but a heavy cross wind will push me back to mono because it is stiffer and I can connect on more fish in adverse conditions with it.)  Also, mono will "pop" a jig backwards off a snag far more times than braid will.  Braid is certainly much more durable, but mono has far less problems on a bait-casting reel as well, so, all in all, mono gets about 90% of my action.

[ctom]

I use braid to vertically jig and even then there is a learning curve.

Not having any, or very little, stretch, I am a mono or fluoro guy when trolling as the stretch in those lines is more forgiving when fish hit and tear-offs are seldom seen especially with hard baits. When jigging vertically with braid, the hit is felt immediately and I find that a two count gets the hook in more fish than a reaction hook set. When I am casting and retrieving jigs I use mono almost exclusively. My panfish braid rods have either Berkley 3 pound Nanofil or 4 pound Suffix 832.

I have a baitcaster and a spinning reel spooled up with 10 pound diameter Power Pro for top-water fishing bass is slop and weeds.

I have two spinning rods and a baitcaster rigged with 4/10 Power Pro or 6 pound Nano for vertically jigging walleyes. As soon as casting or trolling come into play, the mono or fluoro come into action.

[bassinfool]

I generally have braid on only 3 or 4 of my rods.  One is a flipping stick and one is my rod I use for top water both spooled up with 50 pound PP and the other one is a light spinning outfit with 10 pound PP.  If I have 4, it is usually another flipping stick rigged with 65 or 80 pound test that I am using to punch with.  The water I fish is usually pretty stained with less than 3 feet of decent visibility so the fish being line shy isn't a real concern of mine.  If for some reason the water is clearer and I think that might be a factor I always have a few spools of fluorocarbon leader in the boat for just that occasion.  It has a lot of advantages going for it as has already been stated, low stretch, near instant "feel" when getting a bite, really solid hook sets, abrasion resistant and the list just goes on.  If you do any kind of fishing that requires heavy line or just want to get a feel for fishing braid I would just spend a little money on a quality braided line and try it out for a few trips and see what you think.  Worst case scenario is you hate it and you've wasted $15 on some line so no real loss there!