I'm seeing more and more braided line being offered and less copolymer and mono being offered has the braided line become the front runner?

Does the braided line still wear out the eyes on the rod and the guides on the reels?

I changed from the rubber band mono on most of my rod setups to copolymer and I love it because of its direct connection on the hook sets. Yet it's still forgiving in most cases. It's also easy on the wear on my equipment.

I'm not saying that braid doesn't have its purpose it's just not for me all the time. How many rod setups do you use braided line for?

for me all of my set ups except my two cranking rods have braid.

I use braid for everything but i have been toying around with the idea of flouro or copolymer lines for one of my spinning rigs just to check it out.

 

And i also use nraid for my cranking set ups in 8lb diameter and it does great and gets the bait deeper then when i had flouro on there.

Not sure that braid is displacing anything so much as it is simply gaining in notoriety. However, when I visit local retailers like DSG, or Bass Pro, mono, fluoro and copoly (combined) still outnumber braid offerings. But that's just my own observation, retail numbers may tell a different tale.

 

For me braid is indispensable as a mainline due to line management ease. Copoly and fluorocarbon for leaders.

I stand corrected, sorry what I'm seeing is the smaller tackle discount, outlets, and clearance places offering more and more braided lines. I'm wondering if this is a beginning of a trend from the bottom going up to the bigger suppliers.

I stand corrected, sorry what I'm seeing is the smaller tackle discount, outlets, and clearance places offering more and more braided lines. I'm wondering if this is a beginning of a trend from the bottom going up to the bigger suppliers.

 

That's certainly a possibility. If that's what's selling, that's what they'll carry.

Well thats a little odd since most if not all flouro sinks and braid floats. Line dia may have something to do with that , maybe IMO

Ed

I only use braid on my froggin rod.  Everything else either has mono, copoly (yz-hybrid), or flouro.

Braid, copoly, nylon mono, fluoro, etc - all are just different tools that excel in certain conditions.  Weeds: braid.  Abrasion, general: copoly.  Cranking, jigs, drop shot, and other finesse: fluoro.  Topwater: nylon mono.  Nothing I said is cut in stone....

Braid is no bueno for me when it comes to bouncing something on a rocky bottom.

 

Fluoro on the other hand seems to handle well on rocky bottom.

I'm seeing more and more braided line being offered and less copolymer and mono being offered has the braided line become the front runner?

Does the braided line still wear out the eyes on the rod and the guides on the reels?

I changed from the rubber band mono on most of my rod setups to copolymer and I love it because of its direct connection on the hook sets. Yet it's still forgiving in most cases. It's also easy on the wear on my equipment.

I'm not saying that braid doesn't have its purpose it's just not for me all the time. How many rod setups do you use braided line for?

I have used braid on every reel I own for decades, I have never had a worn guide or eye on any rod or reel, maybe if your using it on super cheap equipment that could happen, but I doubt it as that kind of equipment usualy is broken or has failures before anything can wear out. Just my own personal experience with braid.