Braided vs Monofilant Line

[Barry]

I always use Braided line on the Surf and am a huge fan. I was thinking about changing over my freshwater reels to Braid and was curious what others are using and if there any particular brands and strengths that ares recommended I usually fish places like the Musconetcong River, Manasquan River and the Manasquan Reservoir

Thank you.

Barry

[23cardinal]

It depends on what you throw and your reels. I usually go light but I'm in skinnier water usuallY. I personally like 12 or 15 power pro for frogs around stumps. I didn't re do it this year thou

[Jigman13]

It's all a matter of preference and application.

As for brands, with mono type lines I go with p line usually. If I'm spooling fluoro like 4-8 lb test, I go with sunline.

With braid I use power pro super slick 8 in 15 and 20 lb for my plugging, top water and smaller swim baits and jigs. I tie a 3' 10-15 lb fluoro leader when using these set ups. For my heavier setups I'm usually using 20-60 lb sufix 832. In my opinion it's the best braid on the market when considering cost to quality.

For my fluoro leader I use seguar and have experimented with gamma. Leaders vary from 4 to 60 lb test depending on application.

Hope this helps.

[Delawareriver]

Yep couple things to think about, as each type of line has different characteristics. Braid for example is really strong , small diameter, and no stretch and very flexible even in heavy lb tests. Great for cutting through weeds, solid hook sets on long casts or deep water jigging, casting lures but is not very abrasive resistant. Round River Rock's arnt bad but I wouldn't use it for jigging around sharp rocks near a dam or use it for toothy fish (without a different leader). Flouro line (not to confused with flouro leader) is more dense and sinks with some but not much stretch. Flouro line would be ideal for jigging around rock piles as it more abrasion resistant and provides good hook sets. Flouro leader is even more dense and in return even more abrasion resistant. But is very stiff. Great for using as leader while fishing for toothy fish, ice fishing leaders, or bait fishing on the bottom. Wouldnt be my first choice for casting smaller plugs and lures where the stiffness will impede the lures action, Mono is an all around type, does have stretch and is only moderate when it comes abrasion resistance but casts well, is less stiff. Basically all around kind of line that is in the middle of Flouro and braid.
That's just some basics to think about

[baetis]

My personal opinion is that it isn't needed for stream/river trout fishing. You would need a leader or top shot of flouro anyway. If you get snagged a lot you run the risk of having the line break at the flouro/braid junction and then you would need to retie the whole thing.

Lake fishing I have some setups with braid and some without. It's helpful if you fish weeds and heavy stuff. I've always been partial to fireline and sufix. I won't touch power pro due to a quality control issue many years ago.

[Chrisper4694]

i've switched all my reels to braid, every single one for everything. can't beat the sensitivity, casting distance, longevity, and manageability. if i want more shock absorption than the rod/drag or more floatation for a topwater lure or something i'll put a mono leader, whatever length needed. flouro for finesse or faster sinking or whatever same thing just put a leader on as long as I want. basically gives you all the pros of braid and negates mostly all the cons.

Learn a good low profile connection knot like the FG knot or modified albright and go braid mainline 100% that's my opinion.

I've also been using this new line from Ardent called Gliss. I can't tell you about it's durability or longevity cause i've only used it a handful of times, but so far i like it. It's not a braid, but best way to describe it is as an even thinner, smooth, non-woven braidish line. It's not like those nanofil or firelines either (both of which i've tried and hate). It's totally uniform in diameter.

You can cast a mile with it, much further than braid of the same strength. If you're interested in trying it, i think some Dick's Sporting Goods carry it if you don't want to order it online. It's less expensive than braid.

Be aware though, it is SUPER thin and probably best for finesse applications. The #40 is about the thickness of #25 powerpro and also only certain knots will work with it, just like braid.

[NJSquatch]

if you are fishing for trout put want more sensitivity i would recommend going with flouro...i made the switch 2 years ago to vanish 4# test and have never looked back...you can fell every rock, branch, hit....

[yumasdad]

Keep in mind that braid around submerged wood is not a great choice as it will cut into the soft wet wood and ruin your day. I prefer flouro around wood unless throwing frogs and top water.

I always run a fluoro leader with braid as well, uni-knot on the fluoro & Berkley braid knot on the braid.

[RJHooker]

Originally Posted by Jigman13

It's all a matter of preference and application.

As for brands, with mono type lines I go with p line usually. If I'm spooling fluoro like 4-8 lb test, I go with sunline.

With braid I use power pro super slick 8 in 15 and 20 lb for my plugging, top water and smaller swim baits and jigs. I tie a 3' 10-15 lb fluoro leader when using these set ups. For my heavier setups I'm usually using 20-60 lb sufix 832. In my opinion it's the best braid on the market when considering cost to quality.

For my fluoro leader I use seguar and have experimented with gamma. Leaders vary from 4 to 60 lb test depending on application.

Hope this helps.

I would see what works for which application. I have tried many. On 3500 sized reels or bigger, the pack thickens, but i have had bad eperiences on smaller. Dont go too big because the memory on a thick line will be a nighmare on a smaller reel. Power pro has tons of memory and suffix was like an auto nest. Even a thin fireline will cut into itself. If your targeting bass or bigger stick with at least 20... I prefer fireline. Smaller than bass i stick with flourocarbon.

[briansnat]

I experimented with braid on a few of my spinning outfits and went back to mono. I didn't like the lack of stretch and found the vibration and noise when retreiving to be annoying.

On the other hand I exclusively use braid on my baitcasting outfits, because the lack of stretch is a plus in the pads, weeds and brush where I often use my baitcasters and adds to sensitivity when I'm fishing plastics. Also, for some reason there isn't as much vibration and noise when using a baitcasting outfit with braid.

Power Pro is my go to braided line but I have also used Suffix 832.