Is there any reason not to use braid for a Carolina rig main line?

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Tom

It's the only way I roll when c-rigging. Love it for superior long distance sensitivity and hooksets.

Depends on the # test.  If heavy and you get the weight hung up, good luck.

I tried braid several years ago and I stayed hung up in wood way too much.   
 

if the bottom is clean I’d say it would work okay.  

That’s how I do my C-rigging. Braid mainline to nylon leader. 

Thanks all. I've tried 20lb braid, just because it's what I had rigged and I can't say I liked it better or worse. I haven't caught a huge number of fish on a carolina rig yet to have an opinion.

 

 

I often use braid for my main line with C Rigs.  It works great most of the time.  The biggest reason I use braid is the same rod I use with my C Rigs, I also use as my flipping and punching rod.  If I'm fishing around sharp rocks, I don't like to use braid for the mainline because the rocks cut the braid.  I may still use the same rod, but will go braid to leader, on the mainline.  I don't like to do this because now I have basically two leaders, but I only have so many rods in my kayak.  If I plan on fishing a place where I know the rocks are bad, and I'm going to use a C Rig I will bring a rod with Fluorocarbon for the mainline.  If the rocks are bad, and I have to use the rod with braid, I check the last foot of line for damage and retie often.

I tried it for a while. I liked (LOVED!) the sensitivity, and I could cast it quite a distance, and maybe it's more resistant to bowing in a side wind. What ultimately drove me away was that it would break too easily on rocks and I think wood/brush too. It also takes a while to tie together a new c-rig setup.

 

There is a lot of tungsten that found it's forever home on the lake bed, and those bigger weights can add up in cost. It definitely hurt my feelings to lose three or four 3/4 ounce tungsten weights in a day on a regular basis. Throw in some Gucci hooks and plastics, and it can get north of $40 to $50 just in terminal tackle and baits.

 

These days it's, 15 lbs Big Game monofilament and Water Gremlin lead egg sinkers. I still use the hooks and plastics I like and some mid level fluorocarbon leader.

Braid mainline/mono leader for me. Much better hookset on a long cast, super sensitive, etc. But I'm fishing relatively clear bottoms. 

Been using Mono main line and flouro leader for a long time. It works best for me . Better on rocky bottoms 

Not where I fish but if it works for you no reason not to.

I use braid to mono on one rod for clean bottoms and flouro to flouro on the other rod for the slop. 

Long as it isn’t too rocky or woody, I see no reason not to. 

There’s two reasons not to. First is if you are dragging braid over rocks, it will cut up your line. The other is if you were to get the weight stuck in a rock where you can’t go to the other side and pull it out, good luck getting the rest of your line back. Past that, braid should work great for a C-Rig

All depends on bottom composition and the rod.

If dragging over rock, good luck.

 

May need to go down a half to full

power in rod to make up for the no stretch of the line, to keep them pinned correctly.