weezy, Under certain conditions braid with a leader may be the best option. Jig fishing heavy timber for instance. Good chance to get hung up. Much easier to break off a 20 lb leader(tied right it will break off at the hook and not the leader conection) than 55lb braid. How about throwing a fluke or senko on spinning gear? Flouro tends to jump off the spool and twist. The braid will help prevent that, and the leader will asist in line sinking. The list goes on if you look at my original post. Again it's about personal preferance.

weezy, Under certain conditions braid with a leader may be the best option. Jig fishing heavy timber for instance. Good chance to get hung up. Much easier to break off a 20 lb leader(tied right it will break off at the hook and not the leader conection) than 55lb braid. How about throwing a fluke or senko on spinning gear? Flouro tends to jump off the spool and twist. The braid will help prevent that, and the leader will asist in line sinking. The list goes on if you look at my original post. Again it's about personal preferance.

OK those are good reasons

I agree with Deep. I don't find a stretch problem in using a leader, it isn't that long. I do it different than most here, I do not use a long leader and I never tie my leaders on, except for one species. I use a swivel and my leaders are around 15" long, works perfect for me, if I need new leader line takes only a second to tie it on.

I rarely exceed 4-5ft. Enough length to retie all day long if need be, not too long to interfere with the guides or reel.

dodgeguy, before you make a blanket statement like that, you should ask for more info. People use leaders for a variety of reasons. Some for visibility, some for easier breakability when the biat gets hung up and won't come out, some because braid has poor abrasion resistance, one nick and it's as good as lost. Flouro has high abrasion resistance, Some because flouro sinks.

i don' tbelieve visibility matters.abrasion resistance with sufix 832 is greatly increased over other braids and more than i need.as far as getting unstuck a wood dowel wrap the line around will unstick you.if that doesn't work just cut it.