Does anyone use this for topwater?  I spooled it up on my jerkbait/topwater rod late last fall and it's great line, I don't want to waste it.  I normally throw topwater on 30-40# braid with a mono leader.  Should I use it anyway or go with what I know works best for me?

The general concensus will be FC is not for topwaters. As much as you like it, (And I do too) its not exactly ideal using sinking line on baits mean to float. Common sense right?   

 

Think outside the box a minute. It could give many baits a whole new action, think poppers spitting instead of blooping / or popping louder since they dig into the water a bit more.  Consider the kelly J which sits lower in the water by design than traditional prop baits. It makes a real racket when you want it to. FC could even be an advantage for buzzbaiting. Walking baits might not work at all.     

 

That being said, there's people out there that claim FC works with some tinkering. Adding fly-line floatant to the line near the bait, or tying FC on as a leader to mono. 

 

I have to think that even if you had a way to keep the first couple feet of FC on the surface, the slack line is going to sink eventually, bow underwater, and drag your topwater down with it, or ruin the action on retrieve. There's guys out there that say its all they will throw poppers on now because it changed the action, only one way to find out really...

I primarily throw spooks and Sammy's and was thinking it wouldn't be good for them because it sinks.  I guess I will just spool up some braid and go to work. 

Good idea. FC line is less than ideal for topwaters