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 Re: Carolina rig with braid main line?
[Re: JacksonBean]
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07/18/16 08:49 PM
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switch to steel weights, cheaper but still sensitive. How large is a 3/4 oz wad of steel? About the size of your thumb. Lol
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Re: Carolina rig with braid main line?
[Re: OneFishAway]
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07/18/16 09:06 PM
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That's kind of what I was thinking. I can just see my new tackle box now. 
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Re: Carolina rig with braid main line?
[Re: OneFishAway]
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07/19/16 03:17 PM
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I used to use braid as a main line but switched to fluorocarbon line. Since it has some stretch to it, I find that I can "pop" it loose easier when the weight gets hung on something. Fluorocarbon is plenty sensitive enough with a C-rig and you will get more bites using fluorocarbon line instead of braid,(at least at Fork you will). I tried tungsten weights and went back to lead weights also because the tungsten fluoro combo was too sensitive for me. I don't want to feel "everything" with a C-rig. For me if you feel too much you might think you just bumped something when really you just had a light bite. I can feel all I need to with fluorocarbon and lead, soft or hard bottom, cover, but mostly I am just feeling for a bite.
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Re: Carolina rig with braid main line?
[Re: OneFishAway]
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07/19/16 04:32 PM
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Re: Carolina rig with braid main line?
[Re: OneFishAway]
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07/19/16 04:59 PM
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Connor S
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After loosing $20 worth of tungsten weight yesterday i though about switching to a braid main line in an attempt to keep the swivel and weight and just break the leader. Anyone had any luck with this? Don't. Stay with flourocarbon, you absolutely get less bites with braid on a C-Rig. Reduce your leader poundage or up your main line or both. 17-20lb main line with a 12-15lb leader works very well.
I say we fish 5 days a week and work 2.
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Re: Carolina rig with braid main line?
[Re: 361V]
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07/19/16 05:03 PM
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Connor S
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Always braid for my main line. Always....and I basically hate braid. I only use it for frogs and C-rigs. Nothing is more sensitive then braid especially on loooong deep water casts. You will feel everything and be able to set the hook easily even with lots of line out due to the low stretch. I have never had problems with snapping the braid on casts. Just do a big side arm lob style cast and you can throw it a mile. And yes, when you do hang up you usually only loose the hook, bait and maybe leader instead of the entire set up. With braid, how do you feel bites when you have a slack line? You don't. Flourocarbon transfers vibration even when slack.
I say we fish 5 days a week and work 2.
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Re: Carolina rig with braid main line?
[Re: OneFishAway]
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07/19/16 05:07 PM
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Connor S
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Brass is another good option for C-rigs, about the same size as steel, about the same feel as steel, and doesn't rust. Been there done that. Tried to save $ on tungsten by going to steel and ruined an entire 3700 box of Owner and Trokar hooks.
I say we fish 5 days a week and work 2.
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Re: Carolina rig with braid main line?
[Re: OneFishAway]
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07/19/16 05:14 PM
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I tried it, hated it. Couldn't adjust my hookset to it and couldn't pull it through cover as well.
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Re: Carolina rig with braid main line?
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07/19/16 11:39 PM
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20 lb fluorocarbon leader and Picasso pro metal weights
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Re: Carolina rig with braid main line?
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07/19/16 11:39 PM
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Re: Carolina rig with braid main line?
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07/19/16 11:57 PM
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Always braid for my main line. Always....and I basically hate braid. I only use it for frogs and C-rigs. Nothing is more sensitive then braid especially on loooong deep water casts. You will feel everything and be able to set the hook easily even with lots of line out due to the low stretch. I have never had problems with snapping the braid on casts. Just do a big side arm lob style cast and you can throw it a mile. And yes, when you do hang up you usually only loose the hook, bait and maybe leader instead of the entire set up. With braid, how do you feel bites when you have a slack line? You don't. Flourocarbon transfers vibration even when slack. That's making a lot of assumptions when fishing a C-rig, the biggest being that the fish hits your bait so hard that your leader vibrates down to your swivel, through the swivel, then transfers through the 1/2 (3/4?) ounce weight you have resting on the bottom and then up your main line through the deep water to your rod tip, then down your rod to your hands. Even if there's no swivel and you use a keeper, that's some magic line you are using. 
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Re: Carolina rig with braid main line?
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07/20/16 06:18 PM
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Connor S
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Always braid for my main line. Always....and I basically hate braid. I only use it for frogs and C-rigs. Nothing is more sensitive then braid especially on loooong deep water casts. You will feel everything and be able to set the hook easily even with lots of line out due to the low stretch. I have never had problems with snapping the braid on casts. Just do a big side arm lob style cast and you can throw it a mile. And yes, when you do hang up you usually only loose the hook, bait and maybe leader instead of the entire set up. With braid, how do you feel bites when you have a slack line? You don't. Flourocarbon transfers vibration even when slack. That's making a lot of assumptions when fishing a C-rig, the biggest being that the fish hits your bait so hard that your leader vibrates down to your swivel, through the swivel, then transfers through the 1/2 (3/4?) ounce weight you have resting on the bottom and then up your main line through the deep water to your rod tip, then down your rod to your hands. Even if there's no swivel and you use a keeper, that's some magic line you are using. Flourocarbon must be magic then. 
I say we fish 5 days a week and work 2.
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Re: Carolina rig with braid main line?
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07/20/16 06:43 PM
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It may not be magic but it DOES make a difference in your catch ratio.
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Re: Carolina rig with braid main line?
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07/20/16 06:57 PM
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It may not be magic but it DOES make a difference in your catch ratio. That's MAGIC in my book. 
I say we fish 5 days a week and work 2.
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Re: Carolina rig with braid main line?
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07/20/16 07:16 PM
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Fluorocarbon is wonderful stuff, but no way it's more sensitive than braid as your main line. But we can agree to disagree.
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