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 Re: Thinking about going braid for everything
[Re: gene30]
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12/11/15 03:52 PM
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Bass Buster1
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Fished with a young guide on Toho about two months ago who used stiff rods, locked down drag, and braid. We were fishing chatter baits over grass and I pulled the bait away from 4 fish. I also broke two off on hook sets with similar setup on Carolina rig with a short flouro leader. Benefit in that situation, when you do hook up, the braid does a great job cutting grass and letting you land the fish. My point is if you fish braid, I think rods with softer tips and a little slip in the reel is probably required. I use braid as mainline on C-Rig with long flouro leaders, Frogs, and flipping but that's it.
See you on the lake and have a great day!
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Re: Thinking about going braid for everything
[Re: Jobie99]
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12/11/15 08:03 PM
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ezbassin
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Gene, there are a lot of good points on here. Braid is the way to go in the thickest of cover where visibility is limited. That said, a good fluorocarbon will outfish braid in more applications than braid will flourocarbon. I have proven this over and over with friends in the boat on Falcon and I can say with great certainty when people were throwing in the same 20x20 section as me and I have 35+ pounds in the boat and they have an average sized fish or 2 with braid I hand them a rod with flour and it's game on. If you are trying to save money cause you are on a budget go with braid. If you want to catch more fish over your lifetime go with flouro. If I were going to go broad I would follow Lee's advice with the flouro leader. I have found this to be true on Lake Fork and many of the guides out there will tell you the same thing.
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Re: Thinking about going braid for everything
[Re: gene30]
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12/11/15 10:13 PM
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SAKS
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Had an elite pro tell me that using braid was costing me bites. Doesn't mean you wont catch them. If your confident that braid is your line of choice then go for it. My personal belief is to use best of what is out there for the technique your using.
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