I have tried several and do not care much for co polymer lines, or braid, or flourcarbon, I just need some thin, strong mono line, all the ones I have tried with a diameter less than .012 are weak, I pay attention only to diamater and not the lb rating as this seems to work best. Most lines lb ratings seem either too high or low. Ande’s mono is very good but too thick for me in the lower lb class. Some have been very weak have found nothing from pure fishing & shakespeare comes close with cajun line, but not good enough.
I am bass fishing and starting to throw frogs. I have never used braid before. Wouldnt braid be too dark or thick? Wouldnt the fish see it better than a mono leader?
Braided line is stronger and much thinner in diamater than mono. So 15lb. braid would have the diamater of 4lb. mono. Braid line will slip on your reel spool though and you won’t be able to spool up ubless you tape your spool first with masking tape, or you first put on a layer of mono and use braid as a long leader. Buy a small amount of braid to experiment and see if you like it but tie it on as a leader because braided line can be pretty expensive. Be sure to get a lb. test that is higher than you think you need because otherwise the diamater might be too thin. Have fun experimenting.
I lost a couple of fish due to poor knot connection from my main braided line to a 60lb mono leader.Any one knows a good strong knot please help thks.
david
Mono & braid are both good for fishing a jig. I don’t use braid because it has the visibility of a light bulb in a dark room. I would stick with an abrasion resistant mono. I would use 10-12 lb. for light cover jig fishing, and 14-20 lb. for the heavy cover (where the big boys stay).
May i also say, i have had great luck with a “Bass Pro Shops Pro Enticer Football Jig” with a “Berkley 3″ or 4″ Chigger Craw” trailer. My all time favorite jig color is PB & J (Peanut Butter & Jelly.). For the jig, i like both the 1/2 & 1/4 oz. sizes. For the 1/2 oz. PB & J jig, i use a 4″ Berkley Chigger Craw in pumpkin green. For the 1/4 oz. PB & J jig, i use a 3″ Berkley Chigger Craw in pumpkin green.
Happy fishing.
I already have braided string rigged on two of my reels but I’m thinking on get a new combo rod for casting and lure fishing. What you advise me to get for line?
I’m looking to buy a Daiwa Sealine-X SHA30. The reel is rated for 25 lb mono at 235 yds, I believe. If I put 30 lb, braid on it, will that stress the reel? Thanks.
The two main reasons have already been mentioned, preventing slipping on the spool, which is self explanatory . Filling to proper level is the other reason. This is most important on a bait cast, conventional reel, much more so than a spinning reel. If the spool is not filled on a bait caster then you have decreased the rate of line retrieval and the castability of the reel. The spool must turn more times when half full to bring in the same amount of line it does when it is full. Casting a full reel is much easier than casting a half full one. Spinning reels use the bail rotating around the spool so there is not problem with retrieve rate, it will effect the way a reel casts however. In both cases fuller is better.
Also as already stated, most braided line comes in small filler spools which may or may not properly fill a reel. Backing is the solution to this problem, has nothing to do with being cheap. It’s all about doing it correctly. I have several reels with 4lb mono that when I fill them I take off half the old line and add about 100-150 yards of fresh on top. I always have fresh usable line and change 2-3 times a summer, I don’t think that’s cheap, it’s smart.
Fisher mentioned using tape to prevent slippage. This works great when you can get a full fill on a reel from a single filler spool. As far as knots go for joining backing to braided line the blood knot works when the two lines are close in diameter. If they have a large difference in diameter then I use a double uni knot. If I took a reel to a tackle store and they tied two lines together with a Granny knot there would be trouble. I would get my money back after beating who ever did it half to death. ( I say half to death because I wouldn’t get my money back, again being smart)
Just a side note, I do have to disagree with Fisher on using super glue. We tested this and found that the glue actually affected the knot strength. The braid part failed. We were setting up Penn Internationals for long range fishing using 80-130lb spectra and attaching 80-100 mono top shots.
WD this is from a west coast perspective, Now you have heard from both sides of the country and both East and West seem to agree. I’ve been filling reels for over 20years, making every kind of splice and knot you can think of. Never had a failure. You should learn to pick you arguments more carefully.
im losing fish over this knot….im tying braid to mono using the improved clinch knot, today i lost a pretty big bass over this knot when i go to set the hook the mono snap at the knot is it the knot or what im using 15 lb powerpro braid and 14 pound trilene…this happen while using 20lb mono leader too!!!! i dont know how many time maybe 20 something times now is there a better knot..??show me a web site or something yo..
and what is the (example 10Lbs test line) what is it call that and what does it mean
