Got rid of the braided line back to mono

King Bait Co. · May 8th, 2008

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.

diemai · May 9th, 2008

I would not change from braid to mono , only braid lets you feel , what is going on with your lure , bumping bottom , shy nibbles , etc.......!

Also you can't work certain type of lures well without the almost zero stretch of braid .

But I see your argument about the fish getting spooked of a line , that is too visible in the water .

In German angling magazines I read about combining the advantages of the two kinds of line by connecting 5 to 15 yards mono to the end of the braided main line with a special knot, not so much for visibility reasons , but to get a sort of "shock-absorber" for some kinds of non-predatory fish , that are likely to tear the hook out of their lips , when played too hard .

Maybe , this could be an issue for you as well

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Greetings , diemai

livelybaits · May 9th, 2008

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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

MTfishingrods · May 9th, 2008

My opinion for what its worth, hehehe. They both have there place. I am a huge spider wire fan. Nothing better than being able to rip a big ol pike right out of a nasty azz weed patch without worrying about snapping off your line. Also when jigging for Lake trout in 200 feet of water I get way better hook sets with spider wire as opposed to mono. Do you know how much strech there is when setting a hook with 200 feet of mono out? Enough I had to set the rod as high as possible reel up all slack and do it one more time just to make sure it was set. Now I can set the hook by raising the rod tip approx 4-5ft and I feel fish. Another spot when fishing for rainbows we can not catch them on anything but 2 or 3 lb test mono. And 2lb test mono is the best. Spider wire no matter the diameter just wont fish there doesnt matter the color or anything. It just will not catch fish. We have sat side by side with that being the only difference and one caught fish, the other didnt. So i guess my advice is to maybe have both setups and use whichever fits the situation your in.

King Bait Co. · May 9th, 2008

See now I am wondering if I got some bad braided line. I got mine when it first came out before the tackle shops and scheels had it here in town. I got mine from BPS almost the day I got my catalog. I have compared it to the one's sheels has now with the same weight. Mine seems real rough right off the spool theirs is smooth compared to mine. The other thing is mine filled four baitcasters off a threehundred yard spool each baitcaster holds onehundredfifty yards someone else has the same line and reels. Theirs only filled two off a threehundred yard spool. Thats way I am wondering if I got some bad line now.

Spike-A-Pike · May 9th, 2008

My personal line of choice is Stren® Super Braid Lo-Vis Green, 20 lbs test for bass and pike tied directly the lure and the flat green color doesn't seem to affect either of them. For musky, it's Stren® Super Braid Lo-Vis Green, 50 lbs test with a wire leader. I still a couple of pan fish rods with the old Stren® Original Clear/Blue 8 lb test usually with a slip bobber for minnows, meal worms, or night crawlers.

IamSpartacus · May 9th, 2008

Yeah I had my braid (14lb Fireline Crystal) snap on three hooksets in a row... I was fishing a zoom salamander weedless and three times in a row id set the hook and it would snap instantly. I should have learned after the second time, but apparently I'm not the brightest of the bunch. I looked at my line and it appeared fine each time... Not really sure what was happening. I cut off like 15ft of my line and tried it then, it worked and haven't had any problems since. Anybody have any idea what might have caused this?

Spike-A-Pike · May 9th, 2008

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Originally Posted by IamSpartacus

I cut off like 15ft of my line and tried it then, it worked and haven't had any problems since. Anybody have any idea what might have caused this?

It could have deterioration by UV or just fatigue. I'm always worried about how long ago was the manufactured and where was it stored since? I've seen hot and cold have strange effects on different materials, not necessarily fishing line. I think the fishing lines today are a heck of a lot better than when started fishing in the 60s.

Braided Line · May 9th, 2008

Braided line is the only line(IMO) for fishing weeds of any kind. I flip a lot of pad/hydrilla fields, along the egde and way back in and with out the strength of braided controlling bass (no muskies in Fl) would be more problem then results. Plus one major feature is Braided line has no stretch.
The need to controll a fish is "right now" in this type of situation. Get his/her head up and your half way home. Some parts of the country may not have these types of conditions to contend with so mono may be somebodies first choice. Different strokes for different folks.

One other "major" feature about braid is it will "cut" through pad stems like a hot knife through butter! Mono ? I don`t think so.
Just my $.02.

Coley · May 9th, 2008

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Originally Posted by IamSpartacus

Yeah I had my braid (14lb Fireline Crystal) snap on three hooksets in a row... I was fishing a zoom salamander weedless and three times in a row id set the hook and it would snap instantly. I should have learned after the second time, but apparently I'm not the brightest of the bunch. I looked at my line and it appeared fine each time... Not really sure what was happening. I cut off like 15ft of my line and tried it then, it worked and haven't had any problems since. Anybody have any idea what might have caused this?

The Crystal Fireline snaps at the knot alot. I paid $33 for
a large spool an took it all off my reels and threw it away.

I went back to using the smoke Fireline and have had no trouble.

I use 1oz jigs for Sauger in 30'-50' of water.