23 hours ago, Joedodge said:

I went out yesterday and today for a lil bit. Casted in the yard a lot. And then at a pond. I struggled some to dial the brakes in. It kept wanting to fluff up on the spool on the cast. Totally manageable but bothered me. I made sure to spool it a 1/8 inch below the edge of the spool. But some tinkering and some advice form @casts_by_fly got me on a much better track. It is a ton more sensitive. There is no denying that. I caught sown small fish nothing to write home about. But you can feel the jig on the slack line a lot better. A ton better. Is it any better than mono or braid? Idk I guess that’s up to the person fishing it. One thing I will say is on a long cast I could drive home a hook set on braid. With flouro it’s more like mono. You have to reel that slack up to get a good hookset on a long cast. I like it for sure though. $28 a spool like it? Not sure yet lol

I completely neglected to mention line conditioner. Do you use any? Something like KVD line and lure helps tame FC down and makes it more supple/manageable.

1 hour ago, woolleyfooley said:

I completely neglected to mention line conditioner. Do you use any? Something like KVD line and lure helps tame FC down and makes it more supple/manageable.

I’ve never tried KVD. But I do have a can of reel magic. It does help. When I actually remember to use it lol

I pretty much run fluorocarbon on all my reels, 10 or 12# mono and 14# mono on a couple for topwater, and braid for frogs/flipping.

 

We have some cover but a lot of open water. Fluorocarbon wins because if my line is not perfectly tight it maintains some sensitivity.

 

If I lived down in Florida where the weeds are thicker, I'm sure I'd run braid on a number of reels too.

4 hours ago, Boomstick said:

I pretty much run fluorocarbon on all my reels, 10 or 12# mono and 14# mono on a couple for topwater, and braid for frogs/flipping.

 

We have some cover but a lot of open water. Fluorocarbon wins because if my line is not perfectly tight it maintains some sensitivity.

 

If I lived down in Florida where the weeds are thicker, I'm sure I'd run braid on a number of reels too.

25lb tatsu fluorocarbon takes care of the thick Florida weeds. 😁

Im not gonna lie the stuff’s tougher than I thought. I had 30 mins before picking my daughter up. There is a pond near there. I stopped made one cast it was windy. Blew me in some cat tails. Got stuck lol. Eventually broke off 15 pound. And got in the car and left lol. But it was tough to get the knot to pop lol