Lures snapping off while casting w/ braid

6 hours ago, Anspath said:

I’ve enjoyed reading all your posts and wonder what you suggest for my two children who are new to fishing. We bought braid on the suggestion of our local store due to the original mono not staying on the reel, and now the braid is snapping and they lost close to a dozen lures in one weekend alone. Looking forward to suggestions.  

Some knots seem to give people issues when using braid.

Make sure the knots are pulled tight and leave a little extra tag end.

This way you can eliminate the knot as a possible point of failure.

I have casted off a few lures using lighter braid, a heavier lure and a whippy rod.

However, my casts resembled attempts to break the worlds longest cast record.