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rodandroll · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:48 pm Post subject: Mono or Braid

I'm getting ready to redo all of my reels, both spinning and bait cast. I have both mono and braid available. What is your opinion and why on use of mono or braid on these two types of reels.

Spinning - mono or braid?
Bait cast - mono or braid?

Thanks for the advise.

Ol Sanch · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 320

If I'm fishing jetties, I go with mono. Otherwise, I go with braid. It has less stretch, more strength, more sensitivity. All around it's just superior. Braid doesn't tolerate abrasions as well as mono. But that aside, I prefer braid. I know people still use mono, but not withstanding price, I don't know why. If you want to save some bucks on the spooling, start with mono and then top it off with braid. There's my $.02. Assuming your chasing trouts and reds in the surf and bays. Mono may have a great application in other situations.
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SharkBait · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:39 pm Post subject:

everyone should try 10 pound braid on an inshore spinner. it has caught me more fish than any of my other rods. i have been on the same braid for over 3years( it is dangerous though it will cut you like butter under tension)

cant go wrong with some mono rods and some braid rods...
i wouldn't give a novice or kid a braid filled reel, i saw a guy lose a thumb to 50lb braid....

my favorite braid sizes are 10lb, 40lb, and 65lb. i don't like it on conventionals, unless you are not casting, it can be hell if you backlash...
that said my king rod(slide rod) is filled with 65lb braid
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ziacatcher · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:48 pm Post subject:

I like FINS braid. You can feel a fish burp on it. I use 20# mono or flouro as a leader.

Like Sanch said, partially fill spool with mono topped off with braid. Not only does it save a few cents but if you don't use mono as backing the braid will slip around the spool.

SharkBait · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:56 pm Post subject:

some electrical tape on the spool with keep it from slipping...

fishing with braid you have to remember you have no stretch...use a MONO leader, to ease some of the strain on your gear and yourself. if you hook a monster fish(tuna, amber jack or something like that) on braid with a fluorocarbon leader. you only have 2% stretch it can get really painful after a while. i have made this mistake and paid for it
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AcousTennis · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 1319

For my drum

Abu 5500c-6500

all 4 have 17lb Trilene Mono and 20lb on bigger sized reels, delt with 40" bull reds only been broken off by a shark

For my trout

Citica 200e Baitcaster

30lb Fins wind tamer braid (i see noo need to go lower, dont want to think about breaking off when the big trout or red hits, and you have plenty of line for whatever you hit)

tie it to a small swivel and tie on a foot of 30lb fluorocarbon leader....need the leaser so those teeth wont cut you off

you can still feel everything with the fluoro ive had no problems with

for topwaters use mono

When sightcasting reds

Mitchell cheapo $20 walmart reel

When i say sightcast, i dont mean blind casts, i mean you see the red and you know you have a 90% chance of a reds pressure to reel back the line..

i use 30lb fins windtamer with the 30lb fluoro leader...i get a lot of wind knots blind casting with it

BTB

i use a 309 with 50lb big game mono

ive had no problems with these set ups and i recommend them

Bluffer · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:50 pm Post subject:

Use Braid on my spinners and Mono on all my baitcaster reels (bay thru surf)
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hickroots07 · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:58 pm Post subject:

On my casting gear I use braid backing with a mono top shot. I put just enough mono that I can't cast far enough to hit the braid. On my larger reels for shark I will load up with braid and have a looong top shot of mono for abrasion on the sand bars. Spinning reels u can't go wrong with braid and a flourocarbon leader.

16stoner · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:36 pm Post subject:

I'm with bluffer on that!

ltorna1 · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Posts: 3240

if you use the "search" function at the top of the page (under the home/site index/weather links), you can search for topics just like this one. Its a very common question and has come up MANY times in the last few years. Some of the newer members can give their input here but there is a wealth of info on some of the older posts regarding why, when , where, and how to use braid vs. mono.

OSO YAKMAN · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:28 pm Post subject:

SAME AS BLUFFER ON MINE.
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ROBDOG · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:12 pm Post subject:

PP or FINS braid on all of my baitcasters form my Curado 50e to my Penn 80 wide. I also have it on my wife's spinners and use it as backing on my fly reels.

rodandroll · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:07 am Post subject:

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SharkBait · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:04 am Post subject:

thats a good point itorna1, braid should be fished on gear designed for it. not only will it perform better it is safer, equipment fail is the last thing you want when fishing braid
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