I agree, with our agree to disagree

This, braid is the deal, I reject that it gets less bites on a crig. Carry on.

I concur with using braid for main line and it does not affect the number of bites as long as you're using flouro for leader line. What's that fish gonna do? Look up at that line by 3ft and say, "Nope, he's using braid for main line and I can see it better". Yes, the fish can see braid better, but the fish is concentrating on the plastic well below where main line is. I can half heartedly hookset a fish with braid and not have to worry about rod positioning and line slack right before setting the hook. When your braid slack is just right, you will feel more bites on it than flouro main line, easily.

This is how I roll. Braid line... and prerigged C-rigs on swivels. The kind you can buy at Academy. Almost never lose the weights.

Thanks for the info y'all. Looks like the field is split down the middle.

One Fish,

It also depends on what lakes you fish. In east Texas, you can do straight fluoro if that's your preference. Fishing the jagged rocks in south Texas and Mexico, braid is more predictable. Go give it a try and you'll know for sure.

Tight lines,

If you use braid as a main line on lake Fork you WILL get less bites than if you use fluorocarbon line as a main line. That is not my opinion, that is a fact that I have found to be true by my own on the water experience out there as well as lots of time on the water by lake Fork guides that will tell you the same thing. At Fork it matters. If you don't believe me I don't care..Keep using braid and get less bites, its up to you.

It absolutely gets less bites than floro main line. The fish can here it sawing on the cover before the bait gets to them.

Prove it.....C-rig tournament. You against me. Your areas. My boat. Can I waypoint the spots we fish? You see where I'm going with this? You may be right, James, but I'm a masterbaiter with the C-rig!!

I've done a lot of Carolina rigging with flouro or braid as the main line. Haven't seen any appreciable difference in the number of bites?? I use various lengths and weights of flouro or mono leader as the conditions dictate. While its true that braid will more readily dig into hard cover when there is tension on the lure end of the line...it also cuts thru vegetation very well. NO Doubt about braid transmitting the strike better than other lines. Its mostly a confidence thing...I don't believe for a second that a fish with a brain the size of a green pea can differentiate between line types...might be able to see a braid line attached to a worm or jig sitting or moving slowly along the bottom...not on a faster moving bait. Not sure line type has any effect on their need to eat or react to a food source. Solution if you are still unsure...use a leader of whatever you like best. Keep thinking good thoughts.

My main reason for using braid on main line is that it holds up better and longer than floro IMO. I switched about two years ago and have never looked back. The only issue I've had is cutting my tag lines to short. I could tell you an embarrassing story about that. But I have learned from it and now have longer tag lines.

Not to hijack the thread as its been very interesting but how about braid mainline on a dropshot then with a fluoro leader?

Dropshot is different, I use a 20' leader.

Let's do this little experiment. It would be fun and I'll tag along and be y'all's Marshall. I'll even buy lunch! How about Fork in September??

I'm down. How about a closer lake like Joe Pool.