In whose hands is the rod?

Man, this thread has really wandered into being irrelevant to the OP's question, which was about the relative sensitivity of 2 lines and had nothing to do with whether there are gurus among us who can use supernatural abilities to sense whether a bass might be thinking of mouthing their bait in 40 ft of water.  Some can, some can't, some learn to develop a better bite sense, some never will. 

Man, this thread has really wandered into being irrelevant to the OP's question, which was about the relative sensitivity of 2 lines and had nothing to do with whether there are gurus among us who can use supernatural abilities to sense whether a bass might be thinking of mouthing their bait in 40 ft of water.  Some can, some can't, some learn to develop a better bite sense, some never will.

Yep but it's been entertaining. We've had soft hands, line soakers, scientific theories and rebuttals, and rants against the internet. That's why I like this forum.

My 2 cents: it's more about the lure weight, line weight, setup, and fisherman attention and experience than a specific type of line. Fish whatever you want just fish hard and have fun.