Bass Fishing
Fluorocarbon or braid?
4/16/12 @ 7:47 PM
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Braid on top and contact baits (jigs, tubes, t-rigs and the like), floro for cranks, swim jigs, spinner baits, rattle baits and so on. I dont use mono anymore at all. Its easy to pull moving baits away from fish with braid, you can feel too much. Nothing wrong with mono in those situations, I just have miles of floro to use up before I go shopping for plastic line again.
for what its worth, I haven't ever really noticed a difference in increased strikes from one line or another, even in super clear water whether its braid, floro or mono. Your mileage may vary though
braid floats, fluoro sinks. you wouldn't want to use flouro for surface/top water lures. i like flouro for under surface lures particularly cranks. you get a bow in the line with mono and less so with braids because of the floating. sometimes the stretch of mono is good for instance if you are using a x-tra fast action rod with cranks baits but you can just adjust your drag or preferably use a medium action rod so you don't rip the trebles out of the fish's mouth with cranks. flouro stretches too but is more sensitive than mono and the fact that it sinks and has the same refractive index as water makes it useful. i only use mono for pan fishing an sometimes for walk the dog lures but beyond that i have found flouro or braid work better for almost every application. its more expensive but it lasts longer so pick your poison. braid also will saw through vegetation so you can fish it where you can't or shouldn't fish mono ie frogging in the slop.
Fast moving baits are all better suited to mono, IMO. The reason being that the extra stretch in mono lessens the feel somewhat allowing more time for the fish to completely inhale the bait. I get a FAR less percentage of missed strikes when using mono versus braid. To put it another way, with braid I feel you sometimes fell the strike before the bait is completely in the fishes mouth making you set the hook to fast, pulling the bait away from the fish.
I use braid exclusively for worms, jigs etc. the extra sensitivity and lack of stretch is a big plus when fishing anything that you work on the bottom, you need to feel the strike before the fish spits the bait out.
Flourocarbon is something I use only as a leader for braid when necessary, super clear water, finicky fish etc. I dislike the way it handles when used as a main line, but that is just a personal preference.
My son and I did a study of fishing line for his science project to test (Mono,Florocarbon, & Braid). The bootom line is Florcarbon came in dead last on everything we tested. Yes, Mono performed better. For the cost of Florocarbon versus Mono I simple don't see why people buy it. For us braid on baits that move fast (Cranks,Spinnerbait,Surface)
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