I use Suffix 20 lb in Saltwater. It is the best that I have used. I personally do not like the feel of powerpro. It works but I just dont like the feel of the dental floss...

Spool up with it and try it. You don't like it, take it off. Almost all my smaller tackle uses braid. What i've found is it makes your rod action perform at least one class heavier. For instance, take a medium action rod with mono will perform like a medium heavy when spooled with braid.

I switched to 20lb PP about a year ago and will never look back. However, I do still use mono when targeting trout during the winter months.

yep, ditto.............

For me it was a painfull switch from mono to braid. But after watching a fishing partner, fishing braid, catch 3-4 trout to my one, I made the switch. It was a 30-40 degree day and I could not feel the ultra soft bite, while he could. This was a couple of years ago, now.

Backlashes were tough at first and I still fight the line wrapping around my rod tip from time to time. But it's worth it.

I have never had a problem with braid wrapping around the tip or guides. I like braid/flouro leader when fishing Carolina or T-rigged baits because, with a good rod, you feel every rock, stump, and log the bait hits, and every light tap of a fish picking up the bait. With no stretch, a flick of the wrist is all you need to set the hook.

I agree with Stan on the crochet hook...I have had one in my box for years...well, ever since I went back to baitcast reels.

If you haven't used braid, just remember not to grab the line to try to free a lure...it will cut you to the bone before you know it.

Well if by regular line you mean monofilament then:
1. Thinner Diameter w braid--longer casts, more sensitivity (especially in deep water w current), larger line capacity on your spool.
2. Abrasion resistance--made from spectra, a material thats woven into bullet proof vests.
3. Durability--a spool of braid will last ten times longer then mono.
4. Strength--braid gives me much more confidence and really changed the way I fish.

**trying to go back to ten and fifteen pound mono after braid was nearly impossible, I felt like i was playing with rubber bands...for stretchy line applications like crankbaits and topwaters for jumping fish I would stick with Flourocarbon...but its just my $0.02.

Personally,I could care less whether I use braid or not in shallow water ,less than 60ft or less. The real value of braid comes in to play in deep water.There has been a whole new generation of reels developed just for the use of braided lines.Fishermen are now usin smaller ,more comfortable reels,(rods included).The main reason being you can hold a lot more braided line than mono. If you are fishing 200-400 ft for grouper and other ground fish it wont take long to see the benefits in less stretch and sensitivity in feeling bites. When casting to yellowfin tuna ,wahoo and large pelagic fish you better have enough line for that first run of the fish which can be 200,300 yards in an instant.Thats where braid is the choice of line. On one of my saltwater spinning reels I can put on almost 400 hundred yards of 80 pound test.The same reel will only hold about 150 yards of 80 lb mono. There are cons of braided lines .Not all knots work well with braid.You will need to increase your knowledge in that area.If casting any distance with braid you need to make sure your rod is loaded and no slack as braid has a tendency to create what most people call a wind knot,which wraps around the tip of you rod.When that happens and that favorite lure parts from the line and keeps on going someone will always yell wow , that lure went out of sight.And of course, the professional overcast which results in a tangle.Trying to untangle braided line at night with poor eyesight will make you use words that should not be heard by anyone under 60 years old. Braid and mono both have their place .Its up to you to say where.

If you watch your line and rod tip ( assuming you only use fast tips) you dont always have to "feel " a light pickup. I'm sure I miss some, here and there due to the mono....but not many. I was taught at an early age to watch the tip and line closely. Raymond (the old man) Gauthier, who owned Mid Lake Marine on Toledo Bend taught me more about fast tips and line watching than anyone, I guess.