Bought a new set up- Buyers Remorse

[Cobra 188D]

I know i am probably Going get beat up here on this but I am not a fan of braid the only thing I use it for Is the Alabama rig but iv got 85lb braid on a 8' magnum heavy cranking stick (never have lost a rig for the record lol) with a shimanno baitcaster all my other baitcaster I run flurocarbon on i absolutely love fluro i personally never have problems with line stretch on hook sets i just hammer it if it's out a long distance on spinning gear i run mono because the fluro has a tendency to twist up on my i don't know the reason but I know mono dosent do that as far as stopping mid cast I'd guess that has something to do with line tightness on spoll or just need to play with breaks and mags of I was guessing hope this helps and on the rock I guess personally i don't see a need for 40lb+ braid with the exception of the a rig 

[abkeenan]

32 minutes ago, Cobra 188D said:

I know i am probably Going get beat up here on this but I am not a fan of braid the only thing I use it for Is the Alabama rig but iv got 85lb braid on a 8' magnum heavy cranking stick (never have lost a rig for the record lol) with a shimanno baitcaster all my other baitcaster I run flurocarbon on i absolutely love fluro i personally never have problems with line stretch on hook sets i just hammer it if it's out a long distance on spinning gear i run mono because the fluro has a tendency to twist up on my i don't know the reason but I know mono dosent do that as far as stopping mid cast I'd guess that has something to do with line tightness on spoll or just need to play with breaks and mags of I was guessing hope this helps and on the rock I guess personally i don't see a need for 40lb+ braid with the exception of the a rig 

[abkeenan]

33 minutes ago, Cobra 188D said:

I know i am probably Going get beat up here on this but I am not a fan of braid the only thing I use it for Is the Alabama rig but iv got 85lb braid on a 8' magnum heavy cranking stick (never have lost a rig for the record lol) with a shimanno baitcaster all my other baitcaster I run flurocarbon on i absolutely love fluro i personally never have problems with line stretch on hook sets i just hammer it if it's out a long distance on spinning gear i run mono because the fluro has a tendency to twist up on my i don't know the reason but I know mono dosent do that as far as stopping mid cast I'd guess that has something to do with line tightness on spoll or just need to play with breaks and mags of I was guessing hope this helps and on the rock I guess personally i don't see a need for 40lb+ braid with the exception of the a rig 

I agree with everything said here. I am not a braid guy either. Run either fluoro or co-poly on everything. Only setup I run pure mono is on my 6'3 short topwater rod.

[JF660R]

Well I just ordered the Tatula CT 7.3:1 LH off BPS.com since the actual store didn't get any in. Only an extra $3 to ship to my house so....

I've never used heavy braid before. Seems to be pretty common for guys to list 40-65lb braid when detailing their jig set up. So, figured I'd give it a shot. I've got like $12 in it so I could ditch it and be ok. Read about as many heavy rod as MH setups ... thinking I should have went heavy. 

Again, I'll end up with at least a couple more setups before it's over. So, this rod will fit in somewhere eventually. 

[JF660R]

Round two. 

[JF660R]

Well I fished a night on the Tatula. 

Definitely better on the bigger Lew's Speed Stick MH.

Couple times had the same dig in issue. Mostly from me getting greedy and continually loosening the tension / brakes. Someone else mentioned the spool tension adjustment on the Tatula being their main gripe. And I would concur. It works, but there's no click or smoothness to the knob. You kind of have to break loose the stiction on the knob each time you touch it, putting you past where you wanted to be. 

I'm interested in going back to the 15lb fluro and see how much I like that. So far, not a fan of the Spiderwire Glo Vis braid. 

[176champion]

I never liked spider wire...

[rps]

1 hour ago, 176champion said:

I never liked spider wire...

I agree! When I use braid I use PowerPro or Suffix, although they really aren't that much alike.

[176champion]

I tried it when it came out in the 90's when i lived in Florida and was fishing for snook and such in the winter time, when it got cold out it got very stiff and unusable. Well i bought some a couple months ago and tried it and i still dont like it...lol

[vernon]

15 hours ago, 176champion said:

I tried it when it came out in the 90's when i lived in Florida and was fishing for snook and such in the winter time, when it got cold out it got very stiff and unusable. Well i bought some a couple months ago and tried it and i still dont like it...lol

I've ALWAYS hated that stuff!  Got all excited when it first came out and bought all I could find.  Spooled up all our reels, headed out and spent the rest of the day cussing the line and my own dummazz for falling for the hype.  Tried some a few years ago (got it for free in some promotional deal) and it was every bit as bad.

Kathy has always liked Fireline and I used it off and on for certain applications throughout the years and thought it was OK.  Spooled up an ultralight last year with the yellow Fireline with what I think was like 12 or 14 lb. and it actually worked very well for that purpose.

I'm sticking with fluro and hybrids for bait casting though.  

My "senior" level of patience is not equal to the frustration of extensive experimentation anymore!