Does a thicker line tighten up the action on a reaction bait? Also, can a line with less stretch and/or no stretch tighten up the action on a reaction bait? Will a reaction bait have a tighter action on braid and fluorocarbon since these fishing line types have little stretch versus say a mono fishing line, of which has a lot of stretch?

 

I want to fish some glide baits in the coming weeks here in winter and I started thinking about ways I could tighten up the action on my glide baits in order to make them look more natural in the colder water. I do know for a fact that you want your reaction baits to have a tighter action in the winter versus the Spring, Summer and Fall where you would want a wider more aggressive action. Therefore, it got me thinking about fishing line thickness and fishing line types and if these have any effect on the action of a bait and if so, can they play a pretty huge role in how tight or wide a bait will swim. 

 

 

I think with stuff like this, best not to overthink it.

 

Try respooling with some stiffer line and see if you like how the bait performs.

 

I find in general, when I'm not super satisfied with how a bait swims, I'm just not super into the bait.  Glide baits usually either do the stuff or they don't and the technique required to impart the action that seems to get bit is fairly specific.

 

 

5 hours ago, DEPS_250 said:

Does a thicker line tighten up the action on a reaction bait? Also, can a line with less stretch and/or no stretch tighten up the action on a reaction bait? Will a reaction bait have a tighter action on braid and fluorocarbon since these fishing line types have little stretch versus say a mono fishing line, of which has a lot of stretch?

 

I want to fish some glide baits in the coming weeks here in winter and I started thinking about ways I could tighten up the action on my glide baits in order to make them look more natural in the colder water. I do know for a fact that you want your reaction baits to have a tighter action in the winter versus the Spring, Summer and Fall where you would want a wider more aggressive action. Therefore, it got me thinking about fishing line thickness and fishing line types and if these have any effect on the action of a bait and if so, can they play a pretty huge role in how tight or wide a bait will swim. 

 

 

 

I agree with @Pat Brown.  I fish braid to leader and I haven't noticed any appreciable difference between 16lb-25lb floro on glides.

 

scott

1st mono, copoly and FC line all “stretch” about the same %.

Larger diameter line will feel more stretchy do to more line drag creating more line bow.

What is your idea of a “reaction” bait.

Tie the line to a light weight snap like Owner hyper weld, for freer lure action.

Tom