Man i don't know where yall get your line from. I use red label and set the hook like a beast. I DO NOT adjust hookset or drag. I have used a san diego jam knot for so long it is second nature. What aout alll the adjustments people had to make for braid??? Same deal adapt or get whooped. With braid you had to back down, drag, use a polymar instead of alot of twist knots, you need certain hooks with welded eyes, ect. Use each as it was intended and all is good. I smoked a guy 10 to one a couple of weekends ago and the only diff was line. Really how hard is it to use a dif knot and realistically you "should" use care when puling down any knot with any type of line. I have caught every fish of mine over 9 lbs except one on flourocarbon. That one was flipping and on braid. I have about 15+ over 9lbs including a 12.90 and a 10.25. So bad talk it all you want but i would be willing to wager most of the ones talkin bad about haven't used it enough for a true comparison. I have used it for going on 7 years i think, and i have mixed mono in from time to time for specifid applicatins such as topwater. I have only lost three i am certain were over 10 none of which broke me off. The only break offsi have are fromfrayed line from bad tungston or ot re tying after multiple fish which would be a similar issue with braid or mono.

As far as stretch goes: Mono is like a slinky (contracts back); FC is like a bendy straw (stays stretched out. FC is a very fussy line, but the right FC is almost invisible underwater. I only use it (FC) when I have to. Dale Hollow and other clear lakes that have a rep for bites being tough to come by is where I'll break (no pun intended) out the FC.

Kinda what I've been thinking while reading thru the opinions in this thread, too.

Anyone who knows me well and has fished with me will tell you the Fouz hookset is MAXI-overkill Works for me and I see no reason to change. I seldom ever lose fish I swing on but do have the "occasional " 2lb. flyer that requires a head fake.

My drags are hammered and never slip on the hookset. Unless I had loosened and forgotten to retighten doing maint.

Seguar InvizX, Sufix 832 and Maxima Ultragreen are my line choices. InvizX is on at least 60% of my reels as a general rule. Fluoro is more sensitive than mono, period. Mono excels in tpwtr, squarebills and buoyant swimbaits. Fluoro in deep cranking, spooning, and botton applications. Braid for mortal combat in all types of cover.