Jig question

[Old plug]

Flat Bottom Boy-----I only have one real complaint about braid. And up here on LOZ it will stand out. that is it does not readily show abrasion and wear. When I am fishing mono I can run my fingers over the line and feel nicks etc and then just break it off and retie. Braid will not do that. It feels smooth as new when it is wet. I am not sure either that it doesnot catch in cable a lot Worse.

 

[MOPanfisher]

Braid doesn't take abrasion as well as mono, you can see the abrasions on the line but not feel them if you run you fingers down the line.  I am only just beginning to use mono or fluorocarbon leaders, have alway tied direct to whatever I was using.  

[Old plug]

I am of the school that says leaders do not mean nearly as much as most think. The fish knows the leader is there. They feet it thru vibrations made the lure or the line.

This stuff about  the fish seeing line has ever impressed me. I was more impressed by the old timers that worried more about what was being sent down the line by the reel or the guides. I knew some that hated the early Garcia reels because they were a bit noisy. Myself I do not worry about either that much. I believe the fish will focus on what's on the end of the line.

I sometimes wonder about when a fish comes charging into get a lure and getting slapped the face with the line. I bet it happens. I do not know about everywhere but up here at LOZ I have learned over the past few years ,since I have had trouble casting that I can get close and catch fish under docks with just sticking the rod out and letting the lure drop straight down. Flipping is a lot like that also. I have gotten so close at times that it is almost hard for me to believe. Last timeI I was out I got 2 keepers and 4 shorts in about a hour. I was so close to the docks in 8-10 ft of water that I was hitting the post with the rod.  Nearly everyone of these fish were caught almost under the boat and dock.  Sometime the boat was within inches of  the dock. They just are going stay there where they are is what it amounts to. I have done this in both shallow and deep water. No doubt I have spooked a few but I will still get my share. 

 

 

 

[MOPanfisher]

I hear ya oldplug, the leader/line makes very little difference to the fish.  For several years I have been catching crappie in clear with braid tied directly to the jig, before that Stren gold and bright green p line.  The leader is more for abrasion resistance for me, and I am one who hated the old noisy reels, fish couldn't have cared less it just irritated me, took me a while to get used to the feel of braid going through the guide on the rod too, don't notice it as much now and Nanofil is smoother than regular braid.  

[olbasser]

Hook sets with a jig are better when the set is verticals as compared with a sweep set.