Braid In Clear Water

[MOPanfisher]

I agree that most break-offs are not because the fisherman used a correctly tied palomar instead of a correctly tied SDJ or whatever, it is usually due to a weak spot in the line from rocks, cables, fish, plain old wear and tear etc. One other thing I really like about braid is that it is so easy to see, many times in a breeze the braid will have more of a bow in the line, but you sure can see the "tic" when something hits it. And yeah when a hook goes through the braid it is a pain, fortunately for me I don't fish topwater so its not an issue for me. I have one reel spooled with Berkley Nano that I really like as well, otherwise I have Fireline, Stren Gorilla Braid, some spiderwire, and maybe even a little of power pro, some feel rougher at first but seem to smoothe out, the nano was the smoothest out of the box. And finally if using the small braid (4# is the smallest I have tried) if you wrap it around your hand to pull a jig loose, keep some super glue handy cause it will cut you before your realize it has happened. Dang, now I want to go fishing!!