Monofilament Or Braided Line? - The Tough Decision 2024
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Monofilament-
Pros- invisible to fish, clear
Cons- stretches, less feel than braid, heavy lb tests tend to be thick, must be ripped when caught in a snag, not strong enough to break out of a snag
Braid
Pros- no stretch, great feel, thin diameter in heavy lb tests, strong enough to pull out of snags
Cons- not clear, often green or other natural colors, possibly seen by fish easier.
The question-
Do bass see braided line and decide not to strike due to the braided line? Or does the visibility of the line make no difference for the fish.
My opinion-
I prefer braid because of its strength and ability to get out of snags easily. It also has great feel and a lot can fit on the spool. My only issue is the visibility of the line. I fish both clear and murky waters. I know it would make sense to use my braid setup for murky waters and mono setup for clear waters; but, even in clear waters there are snags and i still want my 20lb braid strength rather than 12 or 8 lb mono. 20 lb mono is way too thick and heavy and i would never use that, plus it stretches and lacks feel.
What's your opinion? Looking for input, Thanks!
Also i have considered flurocarbon but its very expensive, so i stick away from that option.
fishguy613 reply :
my absolute least favorite aspect of braided line is that it tends to bow in the water and wind
BassinLou reply :
Not a hard decision once you get a little bit more experience under your belt. IMO, you should go with braid. Less fuss, it will last you a long while and if you need the cushion or advantage of mono, just attach a leader and your set.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
i hate leaders, especially if i make my own mono leaders since they run out quick from changing lures. Do you think tying direct with braid is visible to fish? i mean i have caught lots of big fish on just tying direct .On 3/30/2014 at 8:13 AM, BassinLou said:Not a hard decision once you get a little bit more experience under your belt. IMO, you should go with braid. Less fuss, it will last you a long while and if you need the cushion or advantage of mono, just attach a leader and your set.
BassinLou reply :
On 3/30/2014 at 8:15 AM, Weld said:i hate leaders, especially if i make my own mono leaders since they run out quick from changing lures. Do you think tying direct with braid is visible to fish? i mean i have caught lots of big fish on just tying direct .
Many people on here have a lot of success with straight braid using multiple applications. I use straight braid sometimes and leaders sometimes as well. I found a knot that works great for me, and I have had a lot of success with leaders. I feel that a leader may be advantageous in certain situations where straight braid me spook them. Some will disagree, but i believe and have seen it.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
what type of leader?On 3/30/2014 at 8:21 AM, BassinLou said:Many people on here have a lot of success with straight braid using multiple applications. I use straight braid sometimes and leaders sometimes as well. I found a knot that works great for me, and I have had a lot of success with leaders. I feel that a leader may be advantageous in certain situations where straight braid me spook them. Some will disagree, but i believe and have seen it.
Tywithay reply :
I would question some of your pros and cons, because some are completely false. That said, I have fished in certain situations when a bass absolutely would NOT hit a braided line, but were biting my buddie's same exact lure on monofilament. We were fishing in somewhat clear water, visibility was about 5-6 feet, catching smallmouth bass. He caught 16, and I caught 1. I tried both straight braid and braid with a leader, nothing worked. Unfortunately, I only had the one rod with me at the time, but it was clear what the problem was. I've tried braid in a number of different applications and I just can't stand it. The lack of stretch and sensitivity while taut is a plus at times, but the things I dislike far outweigh the good for me. If I need a lack of stretch and extra abrasion resistance, I'll use a high quality fluorocarbon.
If 20lb mono is too thick, you're probably using the wrong line. 20lb lines here in the US actually break around 27-30lbs in most cases, so they feel like weed whacker string. If you get a line like Super Natural, Senshi, Defier, Defier Armilo, etc., the line is much thinner at that exact breaking strength. I have 19lb Defier on a spinning reel and it lays just fine, because it's super limp. Try that with 19-20lb Trilene and good luck to ya.
Delaware Valley Tackle reply :
Fluoro stretches as much and sometime more than mono but lacks the elasticity. I've had instances where both people had exact same setups and one would wack them while the other struggled. I'm not convinced that bass see line or care if they do. I fish briad 90% of the time both casting and spinning, occasionally with a leader. At the end of the day it comes down to personal preference.
RoLo reply :
On 3/30/2014 at 10:36 AM, Delaware Valley Tackle said:Fluoro stretches as much and sometime more than mono but lacks the elasticity. I've had instances where both people had exact same setups and one would wack them while the other struggled. I'm not convinced that bass see line or care if they do. I fish briad 90% of the time both casting and spinning, occasionally with a leader. At the end of the day it comes down to personal preference.
Very well written, I agree with every sentence.
Roger
FlipnLimits reply :
Wait just a minute before you discard mono for it's elasticity. Sometimes that is exactly what you will want. Setting the hook on crankbaits, I want my line to have some stretch. It allows me to use a slightly stiffer rod (for sensitivity) and I don't have to sacrifice hook setting power. With braid, you will either tear the hooks out of the fish or will have to use a very whippy rod to avoid it.
FL
RoLo reply :
On 3/30/2014 at 8:06 AM, fishguy613 said:my absolute least favorite aspect of braided line is that it tends to bow in the water and wind
Even though braid has inordinately high tensile strength, it's extremely thin line.
The line-belly in fishing line underwater (between water surface & lure) is mainly the result of line diameter,
not the result of line buoyancy. Braid slices nicely through water, but fluorocarbon at twice the diameter
generates about twice the water resistance, in turn causes a great deal of 'line-ballooning'.
As an example, Ambrose Light in NY Harbor sits in 100 ft of water. Drifting with 20-lb tackle in a moderate breeze
will take about a 4 oz sinker. If you put out 30-lb tackle, you'll have to switch to a 6oz or 8oz sinker
to hold bottom. Trolling with a fat mono line (nylon & fluoro are both mono) generates more water resistance
and more line bow, causing the lure to ride up in the water column. When trolling, braided line will get you down
about 5 ft deeper.
Roger
RoLo reply :
On 3/30/2014 at 11:13 AM, FlipnLimits said:Wait just a minute before you discard mono for it's elasticity. Sometimes that is exactly what you will want. Setting the hook on crankbaits, I want my line to have some stretch. It allows me to use a slightly stiffer rod (for sensitivity) and I don't have to sacrifice hook setting power. With braid, you will either tear the hooks out of the fish or will have to use a very whippy rod to avoid it.
FL
Where treble hooks are involved, you can get the necessary cushion from your line, your rod or your reel drag (any one will do).
We throw cranks with med hvy rods and braided line, but the reel drag is not locked down.
If she's a lunker, I'm not averse to backing-off on the drag as she nears the boat.
Regardless of the line material, big bass are most often lost on a short line during a boatside lunge.
Roger
FlipnLimits reply :
On 3/30/2014 at 11:46 AM, RoLo said:Where treble hooks are involved, you can get the necessary cushion from your line, your rod or your reel drag (any one will do).
We throw cranks with med hvy rods and braided line, but the reel drag is not locked down.
If she's a lunker, I'm not averse to backing-off on the drag as she nears the boat.
Regardless of the line material, big bass are most often lost on a short line during a boatside lunge.
Roger
Yes, you can loosen the drag, but why do that when you can hit em hard with mono? Personal preference, I guess. For me the correct tool for cranks is a M/MH rod with mono, so I can set the hook hard while the line and rod play the fish and not rely as much on drag to do the work. I use braid and love it, but not for crankbaits. Again, personal preference and there is no "right" answer and there's several ways to skin a cat. I just like those hard hooksets and consider bassfishing a contact sport 
And I couldn't agree more, most fish are lost at the boat during that final surge.
roadwarrior reply :
On 3/30/2014 at 11:46 AM, RoLo said:
Regardless of the line material, big bass are most often lost on a short line during a boatside lunge.
BassinLou reply :
On 3/30/2014 at 8:45 AM, Weld said:what type of leader?
I usually tie on 10lb-15lb yozuri leaders, on 30lb PP braid using an alberto knot.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 3/30/2014 at 9:18 AM, Tywithay said:I would question some of your pros and cons, because some are completely false. That said, I have fished in certain situations when a bass absolutely would NOT hit a braided line, but were biting my buddie's same exact lure on monofilament. We were fishing in somewhat clear water, visibility was about 5-6 feet, catching smallmouth bass. He caught 16, and I caught 1. I tried both straight braid and braid with a leader, nothing worked. Unfortunately, I only had the one rod with me at the time, but it was clear what the problem was. I've tried braid in a number of different applications and I just can't stand it. The lack of stretch and sensitivity while taut is a plus at times, but the things I dislike far outweigh the good for me. If I need a lack of stretch and extra abrasion resistance, I'll use a high quality fluorocarbon.
If 20lb mono is too thick, you're probably using the wrong line. 20lb lines here in the US actually break around 27-30lbs in most cases, so they feel like weed whacker string. If you get a line like Super Natural, Senshi, Defier, Defier Armilo, etc., the line is much thinner at that exact breaking strength. I have 19lb Defier on a spinning reel and it lays just fine, because it's super limp. Try that with 19-20lb Trilene and good luck to ya.
If you compare 20 lb Berkley trilene monofilament to Suffix 832 braided line, you can see that the 20 lb mono has a 0.016 in diameter which is equivalent to 65 lb braided line. 20 lb braided line has a diameter of 0.009 in which is the equivalent to 6 lb test mono. The 20 lb mono obviously fills up the spool fast, where the 20 lb braided line allows more line to be on the spool, at the same strength.
Scott F reply :
On 3/30/2014 at 11:13 AM, FlipnLimits said:Wait just a minute before you discard mono for it's elasticity. Sometimes that is exactly what you will want. Setting the hook on crankbaits, I want my line to have some stretch. It allows me to use a slightly stiffer rod (for sensitivity) and I don't have to sacrifice hook setting power. With braid, you will either tear the hooks out of the fish or will have to use a very whippy rod to avoid it.
FL
I disagree with you. If you use braid, you don't use the same hook set you do with mono. If you rip the hooks out or need to use a "whippy" rod you are setting too hard. Ease up. One of the benefits of braid is that you get good hook sets without the huge sweeping motion. That elasticity you like also makes it harder to feel when a fish hits.
WRB reply :
There isn't a panacea line available today.
Braid is difficult to cast compared to mono, get a bad backlash and braid is very difficult to pick out.
Braid is lighter weight, smaller diameter and limp, both good and bad characteristics. The good; small diameter and limp without any memory issues and very low stretch. The bad; floats in the air during your cast and can create wind knots. Braid is stronger by equal diameter than mono about a 3X factor. The good; less drag in the water, however higher drag coefficient than the smooth surface mono, both FC and Nylon, in water and going through rod guides. Braid floats because it is very light weight making it buoyant creating a belly in the line until the lure weight or resistance pulls the line tight.
Braid is a solid color, mono,Nylon and FC, are translucent or clear. Bass have excellent vision and see all line types, the question is does that matter? The answer is; it does when it does, otherwise it doesn't.
The strength of braid is both good and bad, cuts through vegetation, get cut by sharp hard edges. Hang up a directly tied lure on braid, you can force the lure out, if not it's difficult to break off.
Combine the two line types creates added knots and failure points.
My take is use whatever line you are confident with.
Tom
RoLo reply :
On 3/30/2014 at 11:45 PM, Scott F said:I disagree with you. If you use braid, you don't use the same hook set you do with mono. If you rip the hooks out or need to use a "whippy" rod you are setting too hard. Ease up. One of the benefits of braid is that you get good hook sets without the huge sweeping motion. That elasticity you like also makes it harder to feel when a fish hits.
I agree with Scott, and would add one other thing.
After using braided line for some time, I spooled a reel completely with Tatsu fluorocarbon.
I was already spoiled by braid and accustomed to short solid hook-sets.
But fishing with 20 yards of tatsu fluoro on the water felt like fishing with a bungee cord.
During a hook-set, I actually found myself taking a step backward to eat up some line-stretch and shorten the backstroke.
With braided line I do just the opposite (braided polyethylene not braided nylon, braided dacron or braided kevlar),
With braid, I'll intentionally leave a little slop in the line to provide a little explosion point, like cracking a whip.
To use the standard analogy: it's easier to drive a nail by backing the hammer off the nail, rather than pushing the hammer against the nail
In any case, we don't have this luxury with monofilament line, because if we don't lower the rod to the water and crank out
every millimeter of slack line, the backstroke will probably end-up well behind the head.
Roger
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
One aspect not mentioned is the extra feel of the fight you get with braid. If youre not one to horse your fish in under 1 1/2 seconds you get much better feel of what the fish does during the fight using braid. You feel more of the twisting and directional changes of the fish. The pulling shaking is amplified more. Just seems to be more enjoyment to the fight with braid.
Tywithay reply :
On 3/30/2014 at 9:48 PM, Weld said:If you compare 20 lb Berkley trilene monofilament to Suffix 832 braided line, you can see that the 20 lb mono has a 0.016 in diameter which is equivalent to 65 lb braided line. 20 lb braided line has a diameter of 0.009 in which is the equivalent to 6 lb test mono. The 20 lb mono obviously fills up the spool fast, where the 20 lb braided line allows more line to be on the spool, at the same strength.
What's the point of having 250 yards of line on a spool though? Even using a 15' surf rod you likely won't cast 100 yards. .016 diameter is 25lb for most Japanese lines, so a 20lb line in those brands is still quite a bit thinner as well.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 3/31/2014 at 6:47 AM, Tywithay said:What's the point of having 250 yards of line on a spool though? Even using a 15' surf rod you likely won't cast 100 yards. .016 diameter is 25lb for most Japanese lines, so a 20lb line in those brands is still quite a bit thinner as well.
Casting with 20 lb mono is also a big pain, its heavy and thick. Also with braid, you can feel everything.. unlike monofilament
FlipnLimits reply :
On 3/30/2014 at 11:45 PM, Scott F said:I disagree with you. If you use braid, you don't use the same hook set you do with mono. If you rip the hooks out or need to use a "whippy" rod you are setting too hard. Ease up. One of the benefits of braid is that you get good hook sets without the huge sweeping motion. That elasticity you like also makes it harder to feel when a fish hits.
LOL, yes that is true, too hard of a hookset. Old habits die hard and I'll stick to the hard hookset with mono. I may be wrong but by watching your rod tip, you can usually see the bite before you feel it, with mono, and not many bites go undetected. Sure there will be some, but that goes for any kind of line. A bass can hit a crank and be gone before anyone detects it with any line type. I'm sure you are aware of that already, so nothing new really. FC is a good choice for deeper water but under 10', mono works fine for me.
Don't you feel that as a fish inhales a crank, mono stretches and allows the fish to get it? I've read this argument before and most people didn't like braid because it doesn't allow a fish to inhale the bait. What has changed since I read this?
Tywithay reply :
On 3/31/2014 at 8:20 AM, Weld said:Casting with 20 lb mono is also a big pain, its heavy and thick. Also with braid, you can feel everything.. unlike monofilament
That's why I typically use fluorocarbon for "feel" techniques. 20lb mono isn't thick at all, if you're using a quality mono. My 19lb Defier is the same diameter as 14lb Berkley, plus it's more limp and has better abrasion resistance. When using fluoro, if I want no stretch I'll use Shooter, which is about as stiff as it comes. With that line you get sensitivity when the line is slack or tight, unlike braid which is only useful when the line is tight. Plus, you get the invisibility of a clear line and it's quieter through the guides, which makes it feel better to me. If you're using a rod that's already sensitive, like an NRX, GLX, etc.; you can feel the braid rubbing the guides and it makes it harder to concentrate on light bites, in my experience.
Scott F reply :
Do you really think that a bass inhaling a bait uses so much force that it will stretch the line? I don't know that a shop vac could do that. A bass hitting a moving crankbait does not inhale it, he swims up to it and takes it in his mouth.
Many years ago a book was written by a guy who tested lures to find out exactly how deep they ran. The only line available at the time was mono. They pulled baits and ran a boat with a depth finder over the bait to see how deep they ran. When they were testing 10 and 14 pound lines, they could see fish hit the lures on the graph but the guy holding the rod never felt a thing. With heavier lines that did not stretch as easily, the guy holding the rod felt the hit almost every time.
FlipnLimits reply :
On 3/31/2014 at 8:48 AM, Scott F said:Do you really think that a bass inhaling a bait uses so much force that it will stretch the line? I don't know that a shop vac could do that. A bass hitting a moving crankbait does not inhale it, he swims up to it and takes it in his mouth.
Many years ago a book was written by a guy who tested lures to find out exactly how deep they ran. The only line available at the time was mono. They pulled baits and ran a boat with a depth finder over the bait to see how deep they ran. When they were testing 10 and 14 pound lines, they could see fish hit the lures on the graph but the guy holding the rod never felt a thing. With heavier lines that did not stretch as easily, the guy holding the rod felt the hit almost every time.
I do remember such a video. I don't remember the line used but regardless, it was a great video. No idea how much force is used by a bass to eat a bait but do believe braid could pull a crank away too fast. Similar to a frog bite and having to delay a moment. I'm happy to learn something new, these are my thoughts.
0119 reply :
On 3/30/2014 at 11:13 AM, FlipnLimits said:Wait just a minute before you discard mono for it's elasticity. Sometimes that is exactly what you will want. Setting the hook on crankbaits, I want my line to have some stretch. It allows me to use a slightly stiffer rod (for sensitivity) and I don't have to sacrifice hook setting power. With braid, you will either tear the hooks out of the fish or will have to use a very whippy rod to avoid it.
FL
RoLo disagrees with you but I agree with you 100%. I'm glad everyone prefers braid. It leaves more mono on the shelf for me.
frogflogger reply :
They all have there place. Limiting yourself to one type of line is fine but being bass fishermen we love to fine tune and you can do that by using mono, fluoro, and braid where their characteristics are an advantage for you.
Hyrule Bass reply :
id go with mono all day. i've read about people having so many problems with braid, i never have those with mono. i figure it this way, mono works great for me for all the fishing i do, why do i want to pay 4 or 5 times the price or whatever for braid that seems to constantly give people problems? i dont, so im sticking with my mono. back in the day people were fishing all the same techniques that people do now but with mono, before braid ever came along, it worked for them as well...
iceintheveins reply :
I am a mono man. I only use braid for frogs, heavy vegetation punching/flipping, and hard jerkbaits. I use fluoro only for large hard jerkbaits, drop shotting, and deep cranking. Mono for everything else. It's cheaper and more manageable then fluorocarbon, and I like having a little stretch in the line most of the time, with braid they can also feel you easier and drop the bait. However like I said, for frogs, small hard jerkbaits, and punching, it is the ONLY way to go.
jbsoonerfan reply :
Here is my take on the subject. If I have a setup that I know I won't be retying a lot, I will use braid with a fluoro leader. I will do this on say a texas rig or a shakey head for example where I am just changing the bait and not the weight or hook. If it is a setup where I think I may switch lures and have to retie, like a spinnerbait/chatterbait/lipless/buzzbait rod, then I will use mono so that I don't have to change leaders as often.
RoLo reply :
On 3/31/2014 at 6:54 PM, 119 said:RoLo disagrees with you but I agree with you 100%. I'm glad everyone prefers braid. It leaves more mono on the shelf for me.
I probably have more mono in my den than you'll find on the shelf 
FlipnLimits reply :
I'm just surprised so many people use braid for crankin!
Also, I like the 3000yd spools, I change line constantly and it saves some cash this way.
FL
0119 reply :
On 4/1/2014 at 10:17 AM, FlipnLimits said:I'm just surprised so many people use braid for cranking
It's a style thing. Like having to have your combo color matched, spending bucco bucks to make a baitcaster throw -1/4oz, or filling up your casting deck with so many rods you cant walk around! 
Hyrule Bass reply :
On 4/1/2014 at 10:17 AM, FlipnLimits said:I'm just surprised so many people use braid for crankin!
Also, I like the 3000yd spools, I change line constantly and it saves some cash this way.
FL
youre probably wasting cash by changing line too frequently...
buzzfrog reply :
is Japanese mono realy smaller than US?? Makes since, since when I hear pros talking about using mono, i hear alot say 17,20,25 lb, my reaction was dang, only 50 yards on reel lol
FlipnLimits reply :
On 4/2/2014 at 1:48 AM, Red Earth said:youre probably wasting cash by changing line too frequently...
it's a confidence thing. I change any used line before every tournament. Tends to be often but feeling the little bumps in the line from the layers of line makes me think its strength has been compromised.
0119, you're correct, it's just a style thing. And there are no matching combos in my boat that I know of
On 4/2/2014 at 2:02 AM, buzzfrog said:is Japanese mono realy smaller than US?? Makes since, since when I hear pros talking about using mono, i hear alot say 17,20,25 lb, my reaction was dang, only 50 yards on reel lol
I don't know if Japanese mono is thinner but I use 25# mono for flippin' when working heavy wood. I never needed more than 20 yds, so 50 would be plenty in this case.
Tywithay reply :
It's not really thinner, it's just properly rated. 10lb Japanese line breaks at 10lbs. 10lb US line typically breaks around 14lb, and has a similar diameter to that of 14lb Japanese line. Been telling people for years not to look at the pound ratings, because they're basically useless. Diameter is universal.On 4/2/2014 at 2:02 AM, buzzfrog said:is Japanese mono realy smaller than US?? Makes since, since when I hear pros talking about using mono, i hear alot say 17,20,25 lb, my reaction was dang, only 50 yards on reel lol
SirSnookalot reply :
On 3/31/2014 at 6:47 AM, Tywithay said:What's the point of having 250 yards of line on a spool though? Even using a 15' surf rod you likely won't cast 100 yards. .016 diameter is 25lb for most Japanese lines, so a 20lb line in those brands is still quite a bit thinner as well.
100 yards is a piece of cake for a surf rod given the right lure, don't really need a surf rod to get real close to that distance.
Back to the issue, the solution is easy, just experiment and you'll have your answer, making this way to complicated.
tugsandpulls reply :
i used all braid last year had a good results tried going back to floro this year hate it hate it hate it switiching back to all braid
primetime reply :
I find that Braid is great for Flipping and Frogging on casting gear, and I like to go 50-65lb simply for Diameter purposes as I find #30 braid to be too thin for casting gear and causes me issues. I also have a Flipping set up with 20lb Yo-zuri Hybrid that works great, and on my other casting rods for cranks, Jerkbaits, and shakey rigs etc, I use Mono from 10-17, and Hybrid from 10-20 with 10,15 my favorite all around line sizes for Hybrid. I rarely use leader and will color my line with sharpies to match water conditions and usually some green and brown will make my braid just fine without a leader, although I fish topwaters with straight Mono or copolymer since I get more hits and if not tossing a frog will often go to spinning tackle with 10-30 braid and only use Mono Leader for topwaters since it floats and I find that I can get away with heavy leader in the 20lb range and be fine.
For Spinning, i still use some Hybrid in #4, #6, and #10, and rarely go over 20lb for braid, and I use mono, fluoro, copoly leaders and have had success with all. The key is to tie good knots, check for abrasions, and when in doubt, go with your gut as far as lb test based on worst case scenario.....If I am fishing a small Finesse worm on #6 test for more strikes, I also have to be aware that if I get a large fish, I am not stopping that fish from taking me into cover, so unless you are confident you have open water, I rarely feel good less than 10lb test...Hope that helps a bit..I guess I find use for all of it, just not fluoro main line as I don't see any benefit personally, but know that plenty love it and it works great for them. I will always try new products and really love the Daiwa Samurai Braid and 8 Strand Suffix 832 and power pro Plus braids...It is so smooth on casting gear I could never go back for flipping and pitching.
frankiebass reply :
What guys is your favorite line when bank fishing?
I know braided line is smaller in diameter and allows longer casts, plus it's very sensitive because it doesn't stretch. For many Pro's fluorocarbon is the one to go for. Ok, obviously I'm not a Pro but after trying them both I switched back to mono...
gunsndrums1 reply :
Personally, for bass fishing i use Berkely fireline 20 lb braid, which is the same diameter as 6lb mono. Braid is great becuase of the lack of memory it has, no stretching, durability, not breaking down in the sun, and is cheaper in the long run to spend a little more now. but for other stuff like trout or panfishing lighter mono is just fine. or if you are hitting a spot where you are positive that there arent big bass, then its great to have a good fight with light line.
Patrick Morrow reply :
I use braid too. It isn`t actually fully proven that bass sees and avoids the braid in clear water. So not using it just because anglers think bass may see and avoid it is way too big assumption.
0119 reply :
Even in gin clear water there is plenty of debris floating around throughout the water column. Fine braid must blend into that "field" of debris to a point especially when you are targeting a reflexive bite. Still it's a confidence thing. I have to admit re reading this old post you've brought back from the dead, there are plenty of points that make me think I ought top try braid again *gasp*
Angry John reply :
here in the northwest I find I don't get any bites on braid. VI's here is +15 feet or more. Sadly I do best on 6lb mono or flouro. When I get in the pads and weeds I can get away with braid sometimes.On 3/4/2015 at 7:16 AM, 119 said:Even in gin clear water there is plenty of debris floating around throughout the water column. Fine braid must blend into that "field" of debris to a point especially when you are targeting a reflexive bite. Still it's a confidence thing. I have to admit re reading this old post you've brought back from the dead, there are plenty of points that make me think I ought top try braid again *gasp*
Ozark_Basser reply :
Its hard to say if bass care that much about the visibility of braid. I doubt it will deter a hungry bass from getting what it thinks to be a meal unless its learned to correlate the long strand of visible braided line with an artificial bait. I'd say this is possible in clear, highly pressured waters. It depends on the bait for me, but I always have a fluoro leader tied on for bottom contact baits.
J Francho reply :
Yes. I use them all.
SirSnookalot reply :
Personally I don't think it makes much of difference what line is used, with or with out a leader. I choose braid for 1 reason, I like it and dislike the stretch with mono.
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