I learned to fish from my dad and we used nothing but Big Game and caught plenty of fish. I grew up and decided to try braid and I will never go back to mono or even fluoro as a main line. The sensitivity you get with braid just cannot be beat. I know there has to be bites that I did not feel when using mono that I definitely could have felt with braid. And it is much easier to tell the difference between being hung up and there being a fish there. Maybe it is not for you, but I would at least try it.

Eventually curiosity will get the best of you...  and you will have to try it. Like in my earlier post...I like both. Braid is great for topwater. I currently have a tiny pop-r on my baitcaster and I like the quick hookups I get when something strikes it. Also... since it floats...I was able to score a free crankbait the other day from someone else's snag. 

sure

 

7 hours ago, Josh Smith said:

I'm not sure how true that is.

Lunkerdogfishing's channel on you tube has a couple of short videos that really nails the "braid personna" down to the nail. All in humor but like so often, in humor is found the obvious truth.  

5 hours ago, shaggydog said:

sure

 

 

Yes...and a nice new one too.

I use Mono alot,Handles well, knots great and never noticed any problems.Im about 50 50 between Flouro and Mono.Really like and trust Berkley Big Game.

Mono is great! It will do almost anything and everything you ask of it.

If it works for you, use it! That's all folks used
for a long time. Me? Braid + a leader....

3 hours ago, 0119 said:

Lunkerdogfishing's channel on you tube has a couple of short videos that really nails the "braid personna" down to the nail. All in humor but like so often, in humor is found the obvious truth.  

Well now, I watched that feller some and it's pretty disturbing.

Sporting braid?

Must be all that salt water goin' to ya'll's head...

Josh

On 3/4/2016 at 7:10 AM, 0119 said:

That's a good thing to be and that will serve you well not only in competition but when that bass of a lifetime comes along.  Braid users could learn something from that too.  Being that it isn't abrasion resistant one iota, they mistake lack of stretch for strength unwittingly using line full of frayed microfibers ready to let them down.

I'm not saying I don't use braid or flurocarbon but mono is what I try an lean towards if I can get away with it if I know im gone fish topwatter I normal go with braid an if I know I'm going to be around heavy brush I'll go with it to an when I'm done it normally gets wondering back onto the spool to use again next time I need it.

I use mono and braid but mostly mono on my spinning outfits.  If I am fishing clear water, I used a fluoro leader.

Braid is friggen strong but I only use it in certain conditions. My wife uses mono only and outfishes me 2:1  lol

What lb test do you guys use. I've lost two crankbaits recently. Not sure if it is my knot or my 8lb mono. 

For crankbaits I use 20# fluoro.  20# is on the high end but 8# is way too light for reaction baits.

My main line is 8 pound Sufix Elite Mono.  I use that on a spinning reel and I'm casting with that 99.9% of the time, Texas rigging/spit shot/etc...

15# for everything but crank baits, then it's 12#!

On 3/7/2016 at 9:46 PM, wvuvt1 said:

What lb test do you guys use. I've lost two crankbaits recently. 

Twelve and Fifteen on casting. Ten and eight on spinning.

7 hours ago, 0119 said:

*** on casting. 10 and 8 on spinning.

What number got x'd out lmao, is it thirteen?

2 hours ago, blckshirt98 said:

What number got x'd out lmao, is it thirteen?

I hate using my phone to type on forums! It thinks it knows better than me, what I want to type. Stupid technology......

The best use for mono is backing for braid.

Most prominent quality lacking with mono is sensitivity and my pov of this is during the retrieve. The fight you get with mono is lacking the feel of what the fish is doing. With mono the fight is dull and subdued. With braid the turns twists wiggles diving rising rolling every little movement the fish does is greatly enhanced. This aspect is what makes using braid so much more enjoyable to me. Not to mention the better line management and ease of use working presentations through weeds.

Big Game for everything but flipping,then braid. also braid on my spinning gear,I don't' use a leader just the braid. don't like having another knot to go through the guides. so yeah mono is almost perfect.

10 hours ago, QUAKEnSHAKE said:

Not to mention the better line management and ease of use working presentations through weeds.

I don't see line management coming from a rough line that catches on weeds and timber like a saw blade, while the smoothness of mono slides across it like butter.  But I do see braid as a backing for a very long mono topshot....

10 hours ago, QUAKEnSHAKE said:

The best use for mono is backing for braid.

Most prominent quality lacking with mono is sensitivity and my pov of this is during the retrieve. The fight you get with mono is lacking the feel of what the fish is doing. With mono the fight is dull and subdued. With braid the turns twists wiggles diving rising rolling every little movement the fish does is greatly enhanced. This aspect is what makes using braid so much more enjoyable to me. Not to mention the better line management and ease of use working presentations through weeds.

In the thick cover down south you  play em like that you will lose em!

2 words . Stren magnathin . The best mono on the planet . 10 lb for medium spinning , 16 lb for medium baitcaster, 20 lb for medium hvy baitcaster . Done. 

On 3/3/2016 at 4:26 PM, Catt said:

Braid was here before mono!

That may be, but I never heard of it in my youth.  I may have heard of Dacron.  Did a quick search, and it seems Dacron is a type of braid.  Just never heard it called 'braid'.

3 hours ago, Spincastguy said:

2 words . Stren magnathin . The best mono on the planet . 10 lb for medium spinning , 16 lb for medium baitcaster, 20 lb for medium hvy baitcaster . Done. 

Resurrected.  Hallelujah! 

I use mono for everything, even in 6 year old threads.   

 

I thought they quit making Stren magnathin.    I normally use either "original" Stren or Trilene XL.