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Originally Posted by King Bait Co.
I switch my line for Stren Microfuse to Stren Original. Now it seem I catch more fish I can fell the soft bite agian. Maybe the fish were spooked by the microfused white line that never seem to disapear in the water. May have been a bad batch of braided line it did come apart further up the line and felt real rough or you can say it came untwisted. It is my first time with braided line. Any tips if I should switch all my reels back to mono or is it my head. I mainly do largemouth fishing.  |
A couple of things.
One, if the line has dings on it check your guides. If there is a bad guide, it will possibly cut up your line
Two: As for catching more fish with the mono- are you tying your lures directly to the braided line? The braided is very visible compared to mono. I use a lot of braided line down here in the Florida Gulf Coast waters. A two to two and a half foot leader line tied off to the braid adds the "invisibility" back to that last section of line leading to the lure
I have some spools of mono that I pull out when I have inexperienced folks or kids that I take fishing. It's more forgiving. But otherwise the braided line is the way to go down here. The "memory" on mono is a real problem when you're catching big fish. One or two decent size redfish or snook and the line gets "the twisties". Conversely, I have three reels where that braided line has been on there for over two years (probably just jinxed it).
Also, the braided line casts further and the zero stretch makes hooksets much more successful.
Believe me, there is nothing wrong with mono. I like the stuff. But you might want to try out the "leader" with the braid and see how it works for you
Neil
