Braided Line Affecting The Bait.

[Flippin]

Today I was fishing a grub on braided line with a 6' leader and trying to count it down to a certain depth. It seemed like when the braid would lay out across the water it had enough bouyancy to keep the grub from falling. When I would straight line the jig it would pull down the braid but it seems like laying it out across the water made a difference. I was fishing a 1/4 oz and 1/2 oz jig head. Has anyone else experienced this?

[Sam]

Yeah, that's what braid does to me. Generally, I'm crappie fishing with a smaller lead-head jig, but the principle is the same.

I usually let the jig sink a little, get the line tight, then put my rod tip underwater and give it a yank or two to sink the braided line. Once the line's not floating, the jig sinks normally.

[denjac]

Today I was fishing a grub on braided line with a 6' leader and trying to count it down to a certain depth. It seemed like when the braid would lay out across the water it had enough bouyancy to keep the grub from falling. When I would straight line the jig it would pull down the braid but it seems like laying it out across the water made a difference I was fishing a 1/4 oz and 1/2 oz jig head. Has anyone else experienced this?

I gotta ask, why do you have braid tied on? I personally see no benifit from it on any reel.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Yes I've seen it and its one of the reasons I like it for topwater. You don't say what test you were using and it seems to me the effect compounds as the test increases.

[CaptainJoe]

Today I was fishing a grub on braided line with a 6' leader and trying to count it down to a certain depth. It seemed like when the braid would lay out across the water it had enough bouyancy to keep the grub from falling. When I would straight line the jig it would pull down the braid but it seems like laying it out across the water made a difference I was fishing a 1/4 oz and 1/2 oz jig head. Has anyone else experienced this?

Flippin.....what test braid? With a 1/4 and 1/2 oz. jig head, it should have went down pretty easy unless you were using a large diameter braid. I use a 10# or 15# braid when using a grub.

I gotta ask, why do you have braid tied on? I personally see no benifit from it on any reel.

Dennis.... With braid I can feel everything and see the line in all water and sky conditions. The copolymer leader provides near invisibility in the water. I can cast just as far with braid and it lasts an entire fishing season, sometimes two seasons. I am on year three on my topwater reels. I use a cheap 12 lb. mono for reel backing. I have used Fireline and PowerPro, but the Spiderwire Invisi-Braid is the smoothest, strongest, its rod friendly, and casts the best.

[Sam]

I've been using 10 lb. PowerPro, and it doesn't exactly float but I think it's so thin it gets caught up in the surface tension of the water. It's only the diameter of 2 lb. mono. Slow-trolling a crappie jig, the line will stay on top in smooth conditions and keep the jig from sinking. The cure is to put the rod tip underwater and give it a yank, breaking the surface tension and letting the line sink. It doesn't do that much if there's a chop on the water.

I like braid because it lets you feel everything. Sometimes if they're biting light, my partner using mono can't feel a bite - and I'm catching fish.

[Flippin]

Denjac,

refer to Captain Joe's response.

Captain Joe,

I was using the diameter size of 8 pnds.

Sams,

Thanks I will try that and see if it works.

[denjac]

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Denjac,

refer to Captain Joe's response.

To each his own. I just dont care for it.

[Wayne SW/MO]

I don't know flippn, I think Sam is referring to crappie jigs, and they are no where near 1/2 oz. Its hard to imagine a 1/2 oz jig holding up a 2# equivalent line.

[motoman]

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den, not sure if you've only used braid, but I use Fireline with a fluoro leader. For the same reasons others mentioned above, it's fantastic. Most of the guys I fish with hate it; but it works well for me.

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My understanding is that Fireline and some of the other lines are not true braids; which is why the packaging does not say 'braid' on it. There is the original Fireline, and then Fireline 'braid'. The Fireline is thermally fused, or something like that? giving it different characteristics from braid. Very user friendly stuff. I dislike braid myself, but LOVE Fireline! Casts TONS farther and better sensitivity than mono/fluoro.

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And to get back on track, the Fireline will not break the surface tension as easily, just dip the rod in and you're good to go.