Best of both worlds:  Fluorocarbon leader connected to braided main line.

 

I personally hate braid because of the way I cast and I don't fish much heavy weed so I use straight fluoro.

Braid in grass.

FC for finesse and around rocks or deep structure.

I use braid mostly for the extra sensitivity, and also because it cuts through grass so well.  If you're worried about line visibility, use a flourocarbon leader, then you get the best parts about both lines?

On Monday, April 13, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Siebert Outdoors said:

I use two different set ups.  One is all braid for the dense nasty stuff and the other is 15lb fouro for basically all other jig fishing.

^^This^^

16 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

Best of both worlds:  Fluorocarbon leader connected to braided main line.

 

Yahtzee! 

I know RW speaks for a big percentage of good, experienced fishermen regarding FC as a leader using braid. On one hand it, probably does offer the best of each. On the other, it does not solve the handling issues of braid especially in windy conditions and it doesn't give the benefit of transferring vibration that makes FC desirable in my humble opinion. It also adds a knot to the mix. Knots are always the weakest link and less is better. Of course these are only my opinions and your milage may vary.

I have several questions on this topic also as I have or just about to purchase my heavy jig fishing gear.                           1. For pitching/flipping I want to use braid, but I want to use high viz braid. Do any of u use high viz yellow cuz I want to use Smackdown straight to the jig? If it was green I would probably use it but yellow? I fish Lake fork and water is normally pretty clear.

2. Will a 3-4ft. Fluro leader completely eliminate line wary fish from hitting with 5 yards of high viz yellow line still in the water? You want your jig to fall straight down ex. next to trees. So if I'm doing that in up to 8ft of water I could have 5ft of bright yellow line above there heads and if there suspended even worst. Lake fork is heavily fished putting a lot of pressure on these fish making them quite wary.

3. When casting a jig if bites are more easily detected on fluro then that's what I will probably go with. I want to line watch but can't see 30/40 yds. of high viz line in the water and possibly through the strike zone not effecting some fish. Even with a 3/4ft. fluro leader.

4. IMO the FG knot is the best knot for tying a leader to braid, and hands down the smallest. Since I want to watch my line so much I thought of doing this. Was thinking of tying a 25 to 35yd leader to my high viz braid. It would keep enough of the yellow braid out of the water and still allow me to watch my line. 

 

I'm over braid. Except spinning gear. I only have it on a flipping rod that won't see water till summer when weeds thicken up. I don't like it anymore.  my jig fishing  is done on 20lb seagaur. It's Supierior to braid in my book. I've never had a fish break me off on 20 lb Fluoro In nasty thick junk. I see no need for the hassle of braid. And besides when I get snagged in someone else's old 900 lb test braid stuck all over every lake I go to now makes me mad.

In shallow water with heavy cover I'll use moss green braid tied directly to the hook.

For finesse techniques in deep water I prefer a premium fluoro.