There will be a difference in casting distance between 10 and 20 pound test braid.  It will be more or less depending on the rod configuration.  A rod designed to cast well the heavier braids will cast lighter braid just fine, but a rod designed for max sensitivity for lighter braids will not cast heavier braids well.  As previously stated, it depends on where you fish, think ability to stop a fish in cover, or not having to worry about that because there is not much cover.  With cover, 20, without cover, 10.  (or 15?)

On 4/15/2017 at 7:15 PM, frosty said:

So there's going to be no increase in casting distance caused by this factor alone? Good, now I don't have to respool my spinning rod. 

 

On 4/15/2017 at 7:00 PM, RoLo said:

 

The difference in line diameter between 10-lb braid and 20-lb braid is 1/1000th inch (0.001"),

which is 1/3 the thickness of a human hair. Slashing your breaking strength in half (by 50%)

to reduce line-diameter by 11% is not an appealing tradeoff.

Roger

 

 

What braid do you use? My braid differs much more than that

1 hour ago, Derek Petter said:

 

What braid do you use? My braid differs much more than that

 

Sufix 832 Braid

20-lb = 0.009" diameter

10-lb = 0.008" diameter

 

Roger

 

 

10lb Sufix 832 braid will handle better than 15lb, regardless of it's stated diameter.

 

The chances of breaking the 10lb are slim. I don't believe for a second that it actually breaks at 10 pounds of pull. It seems much stronger.

On 4/14/2017 at 6:40 AM, Crestliner2008 said:

A 10# braid with an 8# fluorocarbon leader is plenty.

This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

That's what I use on all my spinning equipment

 

I might drop the leader down to 6lb on a ML rod, or bump it up to 10 on a M power rod, but 90% of the time, I just use 8lb.

I am using 12# Gliss w/6 and 8 lb. leaders.    Very small diameter and will cast a LOT farther than any other braid I've used.  But, it is so fine (.005) that fraying can be an issue, as well as wind issues (wrapping around tip, or getting caught on leader knot.)

My wife and I fish the Tidal rivers of the Chesapeake Bay, Susquehanna flats, the Potomac, all tidal and much of it off color waters. We also go out and fish deep clear lakes like Dale Hollow in Tennessee.  I rig all of our spinning reels the same.  I use Berkley FireLine in 14 pound test. It is the same diameter as 6 pound test. I tie on a 4 foot leader made of P Line CXX moss green in 8 pound test. The line breaks close to 15 pounds.

That setup has worked great for years.I also start by spooling each reel up with half way with 12 or 14 pound test Stren Original mono. That saves money and when I encounter a large striper or catfish I never worry about my line.  I have had a big 18 pound blue cat almost spool me while chasing stripers.  We fish with 30 and 35 series Pflueger Presidents, Supremes and she has one Shimano Symetre 3000.