Flouro or braid

Sam explained it perfect.


I am however going to try 10lb braid on my dropshot rod with a flouro leader for next year. Anyone do this??

There was an article on this in, In-Fisherman, I think, a couple of months ago. Becoming popular as a new approach to finesse fishing. 10 lb braid with a flouro leader. Give it a shot!

is this a sensitivity thing?

Yes

I use 10lb braid with a fluro leader for 2 seasons.
1. braid last for a long time and has no memory. So for me who cant fish every week i have zero memory issues like fluro might.
2. Sensitivity is increased alot. Not stretch solid feel.
3. I actually went braid to vmc spinshot to fluro with drop shot weight. Maybe fish are ignoring that too. I'll have to scuba dive while drops-hotting to prove this

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This winter I really need to work on the double uni and modified albright knots for braid to fluoro connections. They take me way too long and really can waste time on tournament days. This past season I was having some of my friends tie my knots on the water

You really are high maintenance!!!

Rich, remember how much fun we had at Wallum with no trolling motor?

Rich, remember how much fun we had at Wallum with no trolling motor?

Why you want inside storage for that POS is beyond me. Insure it to the hilt and store it on the side of the road on a sharp curve thats known to ice over.

Rich, remember how much fun we had at Wallum with no trolling motor?

Why you want inside storage for that POS is beyond me. Insure it to the hilt and store it on the side of the road on a sharp curve thats known to ice over.

No kidding. Need inside storage because I'm putting in new carpet and a deck extension over the winter so I can sell it and upgrade.

Sorry for the derailment guys

This winter I really need to work on the double uni and modified albright knots for braid to fluoro connections. They take me way too long and really can waste time on tournament days. This past season I was having some of my friends tie my knots on the water

I use the double uni to connect 10lb braid to 6-12lb flouro and ive never had any problems, it's a pretty easy knot to tie, just have to make sure you don't twist the two lines together before puling the two knots together.

i've personally found fluoro to be as sensitive as braid on the applications i would use fluoro for. maybe it's the rod...who knows...

also, the double uni isn't too bad once you've done it a few times. i use it when spooling up braid. i'll put some old mono on the reel as backing then spool the braid with a double uni.

Last season every rod I had was lined with braid. This year only my flipping stick and swimbait rod was. I had fluro or mono on everything else and like Sam I feel like the fluro was pretty sensitive. I do the same thing with spooling up mono and then uni to uni the braid to save dough. I have never tried using a leader before.

What kind of mono are you guys using for backing?

The only downside of a leader is it's another breaking point.
I don't use flouro either. I use a co-polymer line. I always use a backing no matter what. But i spooled up with 6lb and no leader with one rod and loved it.
But I'll probably keep drop shot rod with braid for now.

That's the main reason that I never use a leader. I tie pretty good knots but like Joe it takes me forever.

What kind of mono are you guys using for backing?

Use whatever you want, it's only backing If you are replacing old mono on a reel with fresh, just use that as backing instead of throwing it away.

What kind of mono are you guys using for backing?

Use whatever you want, it's only backing If you are replacing old mono on a reel with fresh, just use that as backing instead of throwing it away.

I bought 1000 yards of cheap mono on clearance at Dick's for like 3 bucks

That's the main reason that I never use a leader. I tie pretty good knots but like Joe it takes me forever.

The albright for instance. I can tie it fine the night before but get me out on the water when the wind is howling in a tournament, I damn near spin out. Need to get it down like this...

http://www.bassmaster.com/blog/tying-albright-knot

What kind of mono are you guys using for backing?

Use whatever you want, it's only backing If you are replacing old mono on a reel with fresh, just use that as backing instead of throwing it away.

This is what I've done in the past but I'm thinking a better mono and matching diameters better will improve castability and distance. Just throwing any old mono on there doesn't always work too well.