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dan
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mono or braid

#1 Post by dan »

mono or braid :?: which is best for casting :?:

i have braid on one reel catch a lot more fish with, must just detect bites easier as it is on a lighter rod too.

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Re: mono or braid

#2 Post by youngrod »

I use mono mostly because I use mutis alot of the time but I have a fix spool with 30lb braid If I am fishing for flatties or whiting or other small speices . But for normal fish I use mono because it is more forgiving but nowadays you can get mono with very little streaght like uitma F1 which has very low diameter for casting. Hope it helps
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Re: mono or braid

#3 Post by dan »

not on the multiplyer yet but have braid on one reel and mono on the others. only been a true sea angler for about 2 or 3 years now.
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Re: mono or braid

#4 Post by stevecrow74 »

i use mono for multi's but have a fixed spool that i have braid on and use it for light beach work and spinning, and seem to get more hook-ups with it than i used to when using mono..
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Re: mono or braid

#5 Post by dan »

cheers lads som good advice. there keep all the replies comin in.
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Re: mono or braid

#6 Post by Dave »

I still use mono on my multi's but for all my lure fishing and some light shore fishing I use braid. The directness of braid is fantastic and its thinner diameter helps it cast much better that the equivalent mono but I still have enough problems casting with multi's using mono to even think about switching over to braid.
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Re: mono or braid

#7 Post by Dawsey »

Some good advice there lads, cheers. I haven't yet used braid and was wondering what would be a middle of the road braided line to go on a fixed spool spinnig reel?

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Re: mono or braid

#8 Post by theshoreking »

The most popular seems to powerpro. At the moment I am using stren invisibraid on my fixed spool.

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Re: mono or braid

#9 Post by dan »

cheers lads
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