02-15-2013, 07:24 PM
It really comes down to technique. I use braid only for big swimbaits, punching, and dropshot. Now I'm getting away from braid on spinning gear and going with nanofil, it has no stretch,but be warned, it doesn't take abrasion well. I think matching the rod to the fishing is what is important. All my bait casters have berkley 100% fluoro carbon and are technique specific rod's.
Back to clear water, I used braid for bed fishing on Havasu, 20 foot plus visibility, they didn't shy away. The problem with mono especially coming off of braid will be stretch. What works is stick with braid for your main line then use a flouro leader, it's 0 stretch and nearly invisible. What I think is most important and what most people mess up on is using to heavy of a line, I use 8lb nanofil on my crappie rod, an ultralight St Croix, it has the diameter of around 3lb test, I feel the fish sucking in my jig and rarely miss, I've talked to guys running 10 lb mono that couldn't land a fish, they never knew they were getting bit. If you have any questions on lines and such send me a pm.
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Back to clear water, I used braid for bed fishing on Havasu, 20 foot plus visibility, they didn't shy away. The problem with mono especially coming off of braid will be stretch. What works is stick with braid for your main line then use a flouro leader, it's 0 stretch and nearly invisible. What I think is most important and what most people mess up on is using to heavy of a line, I use 8lb nanofil on my crappie rod, an ultralight St Croix, it has the diameter of around 3lb test, I feel the fish sucking in my jig and rarely miss, I've talked to guys running 10 lb mono that couldn't land a fish, they never knew they were getting bit. If you have any questions on lines and such send me a pm.
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