3 hours ago, Finesse Wayfarer said:

By watching Roland Martin on TV I discovered Spiderwire Braid. 

 

I use braid exclusively if I'm fishing with a lot of tree cover on the shoreline.  It helps me rip my lures out of the branches.

 

I loved and still love watching Roland Martin fish.  

7 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

I'm with J Francho on this, too. For a couple of rigs I like fluorocarbon mainline, on others braid with a

leader and a couple with monofilament. However, if you are looking to simplify your selection, I would

recommend #6 Yo-Zuri Hybrid for spinning tackle and #12 Hybrid for baitcasting.

 

 

 

This is almost exactly what I do.  6 and 14 (except I amp it up to #8 for my second spinning reel because I want to fish soft plastics with it too).

6 lb Yo-Zuri line is the same size as 10lb Seaguar or Sunline, except a hybrid, not a copolymer, not mono or FC, it's a compromise line

Tom

Any angler of advanced age would tell you that nylon monofilament was the line-of-choice for many decades.

Back in the day, there was no such animal as ‘braided polyethylene’, instead we fished with

‘braided Dacron’ (polyester) and ‘braided Nylon’. For offshore trolling in the Atlantic Ocean,

I also used lead-core line & monel wire line (talk about a nightmare!).

 

When you think about it, the 1990s was a decade of epic change in the world of fishing line.

“Braided polyethylene" (Superline) was introduced in the beginning of the 90s, while “Fluorocarbon"

was introduced at the end of the 1990s. With regard to Superline, I was slow getting onboard

and didn’t spool up with polyethylene braid until 2005 (Duh!).  In contrast, I promptly boarded

the fluorocarbon train shortly after it made its debut. At that time however, fluorocarbon was sold

chiefly as leader material in 25-yard snap-hoops. I still have a bunch of 40-lb spools

of Stren High Impact Fluorocarbon Leader in my line drawer (antiques?). Unlike freshwater leaders,

the norm in saltwater is a leader that’s twice the breaking strength of the main line (gill plate protection).

A 40-lb leader is used with 20-lb tackle, a 60-lb leader is used with 30-lb tackle, and so on. 

 

I apologize for a long-winded introduction, but it never hurts to qualify a response.

Today I use straight polyethylene braid without a leader, nearly all the time for nearly everything.

Let me qualify that statement as well. I use P-Line CXX for tying drop-shot rigs and a P-Line CXX leader for smallmouth bass, which typically involves jagged rocks and shell-beds.

 

Roger

 

I use mono, copoly, FC and braid. Depends on the situation.

On 5/23/2017 at 9:09 AM, Catt said:

15# Big Game for everything but punching!

 

My hookup ratio is in the upper 90 percentile  range so I do not believe the stretch associated with mono effects my hookup ratio any. The abrasion resistance & shock absorption of Big Game is unmatched by any.

 

 

Fluorocarbon; as much stretch as mono with far less abrasion resistance & shock absorption.

Pretty much the same for me except I use XT.  I've no need of fluorocarbon. Punch and frog with braid and use a little Fireline but most days it's all mono for me!