Braid - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

TheUnlucky · 03-25-2016, 03:04 PM

What are your preferences when fishing? Straight mono, braid, braid to mono, braid to flouro, braid to mono to flouro? What are the benefits?

Raskal311 · 03-25-2016, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TheUnlucky

What are your preferences when fishing? Straight mono, braid, braid to mono, braid to flouro, braid to mono to flouro? What are the benefits?

depends on what i'm fishing for but if the reel can hold at least 300 yards of what i need I prefer mono. But since I like smaller reels i run 300 yards of braid and top it off with maybe 4 foot of floro.

PS. Fishing in kelp braid to short floro or sure.

battleborn · 03-25-2016, 03:16 PM

I think you will find generally braid will be used as a backing on most saltwater reels. Braid has no memory, does not degrade as fast as mono, gets you way more capacity, and can allow you to change your Topshot to suit the conditions. Now the next question you should ask is how much Topshot do you want to use. A longer Topshot gives you some stretch prevents cut offs from line tangles and in you do get into a tangle or birds nest and have to cut you will only be loosing your Topshot not the backing. Then it comes down to what kind of topshot. Some people like to fish just a fluro leader of 3 to 5 feet some will run 25 to 100 yds of mono. Either way fluro can save the day when the fish are shy or you want to use more abrasive resistant material. Learn some solid knots to connect different diameter lines use a Braid backing so u don't have to waste money on changing out 350 yds of mono that you really only have 100 to 150 yds in the water being fished and go from there. Good luck...

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Starsky · 03-25-2016, 03:56 PM

I used braid to 7-10ft flouro or mono leader, depending on what type of fish or rig we are targeting.

Goose1993 · 03-25-2016, 05:24 PM

Braid like 75% of the way then mono the rest. Easier on my fingers!

03-25-2016, 03:04 PM	#1
TheUnlucky Junior Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 20	Braid What are your preferences when fishing? Straight mono, braid, braid to mono, braid to flouro, braid to mono to flouro? What are the benefits?

03-25-2016, 03:16 PM	#3
battleborn Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 221	I think you will find generally braid will be used as a backing on most saltwater reels. Braid has no memory, does not degrade as fast as mono, gets you way more capacity, and can allow you to change your Topshot to suit the conditions. Now the next question you should ask is how much Topshot do you want to use. A longer Topshot gives you some stretch prevents cut offs from line tangles and in you do get into a tangle or birds nest and have to cut you will only be loosing your Topshot not the backing. Then it comes down to what kind of topshot. Some people like to fish just a fluro leader of 3 to 5 feet some will run 25 to 100 yds of mono. Either way fluro can save the day when the fish are shy or you want to use more abrasive resistant material. Learn some solid knots to connect different diameter lines use a Braid backing so u don't have to waste money on changing out 350 yds of mono that you really only have 100 to 150 yds in the water being fished and go from there. Good luck... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N920A using Tapatalk

03-25-2016, 03:56 PM	#4
Starsky Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Lancaster Posts: 187	I used braid to 7-10ft flouro or mono leader, depending on what type of fish or rig we are targeting.

03-25-2016, 05:24 PM	#5
Goose1993 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: San Diego Posts: 115	Braid like 75% of the way then mono the rest. Easier on my fingers!