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 t-rig and braid?
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07/31/13 01:25 AM
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Should i put a leader on my braided line when fishing with a texas rigged soft plastic?? Or is tying the hook directly to the braid ok?
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07/31/13 01:35 AM
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Flouro leader is the method of choice. You can take a magic marker and camoflage the braid though. F the braid is green, take a black marker to here and there to camouflage.
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07/31/13 01:37 AM
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Flouro leader is the method of choice. You can take a magic marker and camoflage the braid though. F the braid is green, take a black marker to here and there to camouflage. How is black more invisible than green? Especially in green stained water?
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Re: t-rig and braid?
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07/31/13 01:44 AM
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Flouro leader is the method of choice. You can take a magic marker and camoflage the braid though. F the braid is green, take a black marker to here and there to camouflage. How is black more invisible than green? Especially in green stained water? You don't mark the whole line black. As I said, you "camouflage" it by partially marking it just as you would do when painting a duck blind.
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07/31/13 01:44 AM
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Flouro leader is the method of choice. You can take a magic marker and camoflage the braid though. F the braid is green, take a black marker to here and there to camouflage. How is black more invisible than green? Especially in green stained water? agreed... not sure how that works.. i have moss green braid..
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07/31/13 02:03 AM
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Flouro leader is the method of choice. You can take a magic marker and camoflage the braid though. F the braid is green, take a black marker to here and there to camouflage. How is black more invisible than green? Especially in green stained water? You don't mark the whole line black. As I said, you "camouflage" it by partially marking it just as you would do when painting a duck blind. that works????
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07/31/13 02:15 AM
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Saw a pro do it and talk about it on a fishing show.
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07/31/13 02:42 AM
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Saw a pro do it and talk about it on a fishing show. would you do that over tying on a leader?? Most of the waters i fish are stained but a couple are really clear.. would a leader be better for clear or would that black camo thing work too? Just never even heard of that.. how would you do it?? Black every couple inches?
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07/31/13 02:45 AM
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I use a leader all the time, to me it comes through the timber a lot better than braid, braid seems to want to dig in to wood more than mono or fluoro.
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07/31/13 02:51 AM
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I suspect over thinking going on here. They have big mouths and small brains. We are not trying to catch people.
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Re: t-rig and braid?
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07/31/13 03:25 AM
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I don't think the fish care about the line. They notice the bait.
Think of it like this. You see a good looking girl with a skimpy outfit on. Do you notice the skimpy outfit? No. You notice the bait. lol
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07/31/13 03:29 AM
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I go braid straight to hook. I've been using power pro 40# for all applications and have success. Spinnerbaits, senko, flukes...ect...ect also. I use leaders for surf fishing. Only time I dont use braid is on cranking situations.
I am a hunter, my prey just lives in water, and tHAt makes me a FISHERMAN. . . .
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07/31/13 03:31 AM
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Oh - and Carolina rigs, i dont use braid on c-rigs.
I am a hunter, my prey just lives in water, and tHAt makes me a FISHERMAN. . . .
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07/31/13 03:34 AM
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I don't think the fish care about the line. They notice the bait.
Think of it like this. You see a good looking girl with a skimpy outfit on. Do you notice the skimpy outfit? No. You notice the bait. lol Yep so true. I usually use braid when I want a more enforced hook set, I'll put any bait on it without leaders and it'll work great.
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Re: t-rig and braid?
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07/31/13 04:38 AM
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Never thought of it that way.. so you dont think it would matter if i fished a t-rig or a shallow crankbait on my 65# braid set up??? Why do pros have like 10 poles with all different size lines if the line visability doesnt matter?
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