I have never used braid but bought some over the winter cause it was on sale. Thought I might give it a try. Was wondering how many people out there actually use braid and is it a must have in your tackle???

Is Braid a must?????

No.

Braid is only a must for frog fishing in heavy weeds.

Many people, myself included, use braid for bottom contact baits like jigs and worms.

Is Braid a must?????

It is for me !

Is Braid a must?????

It is for me !

X2

I use braid for all kinds of things.  Bottom contact, rip baits, grass, and my most used application is for spinnerbaits in heavy wooded cover.  Better feel and with the strength of the braid I can get their heads pointed towards me quicker.

Braid is great for some things, and flat sucks for others.

Braid is great for some things, and flat sucks for others.

Agreed. I always have at least one rod with it tied on. And its usually my heavy cover/frog rod.

Is Braid a must?  No.

I do use it for most applications though.

For all intents and purposes, braid is all I fished with last year.  I might go back to mono on my soft jerk bait rig, but that would likely be the only rig I'd consider not using braid on.

I have never used braid but bought some over the winter cause it was on sale. Thought I might give it a try. Was wondering how many people out there actually use braid and is it a must have in your tackle???

It depends , what kind did you buy ?

Not a MUST.

But I use it for frogs and jigs.

Clancy W

It is for me. I fish ponds from the bank 90% of the time, and really only throw jigs, plastics, frogs, and swimbaits. I use braid on all my rods. A lot of people worry abot it "scaring" the fish, I personally couldn't care less. If a fish is gonna bite, it'll bite. I'm not fishing for money, and I've caught enough big fish without a leader to erase any doubt in my head.

On the other hand if I was fishing on a big lake and "had" to throw say a spinnerbait or (GASP!) a crank, I would throw copoly.

A Must?? No, but I buy it by the pound.  8-)

Ronnie

A Must?? No, but I buy it by the pound. 8-)

Ronnie

Ahhh, you lucky b*****d. I wish I could haha!

It aint a must for topwater fishing.  Not even a must for frog fishing. I throw frogs successfully with 25lb mono on a Curado 300. Its personal preference. I use it on spinning gear but for nothing else. Too many disadvantages for me, not for most. But do and use what you want.

Braid is great for some things, and flat sucks for others.

X2

I like it in and around heavy veg.  But elsewhere I prefer FC mostly

Braid (and fused lines) are not a 'must".

But you could only use a cane pole if you want, too. ;D

I have never used braid but bought some over the winter cause it was on sale. Thought I might give it a try. Was wondering how many people out there actually use braid and is it a must have in your tackle???

It depends , what kind did you buy ?

I bought some Stren Microfuse.  30lb 125 yrds for $4.  I couldn't pass up the offer.  If that's not worth a hoot then I can always buy some good braid, I just wanted to know if it(braid) was necessary or not

I also use braid on my dock rod which doubles as a shakey head rod, I use 20lb spider wire on that combo. I have a cabelas MH rod with a pinnicale reel that has 30lb spider wire that I use as one of my everything rods. For my flipping/frog rod I got 65lb power pro on a quantum burst.

Clancy W

My underspins, spincasts, spinning,  baitcasters and catfish reels all braid.

I have never used braid but bought some over the winter cause it was on sale. Thought I might give it a try. Was wondering how many people out there actually use braid and is it a must have in your tackle???

It is for me. I use it for absolutely everything. When I need to,I tie a copoly leader on it,but thats it. Other than that,it's straight braid.

This past year I put braid on all 3 of my spinning rods with a copoly leader and really like it for those applications.  I also use it on my c-rig setup.  Other than that, it's plain copoly all the way.

braid all the way.

braid with a leader for all my fishing.

Braid on my spinning gear [which is all I use] with a Floro leader for everything but cranks which I use co poly on.

I have will have Floro or braid on my only baitcaster that I'm learning to use that will be on my fipping stick when I get it, [haven't decieded yet what to get]

I got pretty good pitching a spinning rod but I need the mussel.

Mike