That's because pound for pound, braid has a much smaller diameter than monofilament does. A forum community dedicated to fishing and boat owners and enthusiasts. On a neap tide, even 20lb I use will hold the boat for a bit. The power advantage of braid is obvious. tried the braid on a boat out of dungy,uptiding in 140 feet of water.held bottom no problem..could see every little tap and nibble,things you dont see with mono....skipper said he had seen some very big fish lost on braid...and if you get a birds nest ,then it is game over.i have not used braid since. Braid is strong and sensitive, but not invisible, while mono is stretchy, invisible, and cheap, but also thick, has memory, and not very strong. i have just loaded up all my reel's with 100lb .55mm bread and it work's for me :1a: 100lb Braid , I take it not for these shores then:bb: Jeez!! However, what really sets braid apart from mono is how they compare when it comes to diameter. With a slow action rod and a bit of mono you'll have plenty of forgiveness with the braid. On the other hand, Pure Fishing's Norris ranks the abrasion resistance of braid higher than mono — of equivalent diameter. Today’s anglers use braid for numerous applications — not only for its tensile strength, but because of the way it behaves on the spool, particularly with spinning reels. :laugh::laugh::laugh: Hi John, as for that near record fish that i dropped for you, i was taken back by the elastic properties of your trace. I run 50 lb braid with 30-40 ft of 30# mono top shot on mooching reels and slow action rods. If you have equal rated braid vs mono (in lbs), the braid will allow the lure to run deeper. could be a sticking point if the latter. Mono bunch sabotaged Brady bunch tackle, and giant cod catch !!! My view is that they both work, I like pred-stretched mono .35dia, Tubertini Blue is a good one, use a leader. Re: Mono or Braid For Crank Baits « Reply #20 on: January 12, 2019, 11:22:07 AM » Went to flouro and havent looked back.Missouri is one big rock.It handles them really well. :crazy: I tried braid for up tiding in the bristol channel around 4 years ago and have used it ever since, although the fused braid seems better than the woven to cast and lasts longer. The thinner the braid the more it will dig in. Hi Mate, Mono for uptiding and braid for down tide. I was experimenting with the new breed of braided lines ,on this particular day i was using an Ultima braid, Lionel was using Ultima Tournament mono. Mono is More Buoyant than Braid Due to a relatively low density, monofilament line floats — at first anyway. Braid diameter is much thinner for the comparable breaking strains. Sinks; Mono is cheaper than braid, yard for yard – although braid might be cheaper in the long run (more about this later). A soft tip rod is far better but i'd say thats the same for using braid or mono. Bronze Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Status: Offline Points: 51 I have heard from so many that braid is the preferred choice when jigging for kingfish which I agree with. 50lb braid is "standard" for frogging but it will still dig in on a big hookset or if you try to pull out a snag with the rod. It has a much smaller diameter than mono and this has a lot of benefits. I keep several rigs spooled up with both types.. We had a week with Shaun Anning out of Watchet, 8 of us, six on mono, two on braid, all using 8oz grip leads, none of us had any problems. Wrecking is pretty hard on lines and braid doesn't go huge on abrasion. I use 30lb straight through, no leader required as it's only a lob up tide, and no leader means 1 less knot to give, pick up weed, get stuck on the tip ring when retrieving or the level wind when casting. Braids are more tangle prone. Mono has the better potential to catch the tide and keep the bow in the line, of which of course you need for uptiding or cheaper thick braid. [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Dreaming of Norwegian Cod and Haddock.:busted_co. Mono is cheaper and has more stretch which helps out in a few different circumstances. 03-29-2020, 03:57 PM #3. Bearing in mind fishing the outside of the breakwater is still uptiding, the results of this exercise always put me off uptiding with braid for cods on my boat .To this day I still use mono for uptiding and braid for downtiding on the boat and will not use it ever from the beach!!. Question for those guys using mono for uptiding. Braid. Quite stiff, especially in … :doh: how about catching some fish??? Re match sounds good, we could then the debate the virtues of uptide versus downtide, the various combinations are limitless. I think having a rod with each mono and braided line is a good idea. Sometimes she lets me go fishing:clap3: Definately mono for me. Many thanks Simon or should i ring skipper ? I would think unless a weak link is used, almost certainly cutting it, would be required:whistling. For Your free copy of 'The Bait Pumpers Bible' or for any bait pumping questions, please email Me at the following address (please note my new email address), VerticalScope Inc., 111 Peter, Suite 901, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1, Canada. While I disagree with most of what you have said, it is not the point of my post to debate who is right or wrong. "Braid breaks down when the fibers abrade. Every day I live with fear. top water / mono) . Here are the basics: Braid will allow you to fit more line on your spool, therefore, having more line or heavier lb test to fight a fish. Braid can cut through your finger like cheese wire. Braids are more expensive. The results were spectacular,conclusive and were not what We expected- Myself using braid could catch only dogs ,and lots of them, Lionel on the other hand caught only cods and lots of them !! A few years ago Myself and Big Li fished in the Knuckle on Dover Breakwater around November time. Mono is less expensive than braid, but it is also very sensitive to salinity, heat, humidity, and sunlight, making it deteriorate rapidly after a few months of use. You need some mono on top to hold the line in the clip. 5 Mono is available in a range of bright colours – ideal for field casting. It's so thin that it won't make a huge difference in the tide flow. In recent years, uptide rods have become more like modern beach casters with unsuitable (imho) power tips. 2011 Species: Whiting, 5 bearded rockling, dab, codling, flounder, http://s495.photobucket.com/albums/rr314/col175/, VerticalScope Inc., 111 Peter, Suite 901, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1, Canada. :fish::fish: Now now, lets get this right, I think the words DIRTY TRICKS come to mind, firstly the fact that John (Aquabell) could only be bothered to set 1 rod up for himself, was a ploy to leave himself with an excuse "we wasn't fishing as many rods as you 2", the fact we had 3 against 2 in the banter stakes, John-Steve-Alan Vs Myself-John, we was under constant duress from the mono-tones, "don't cut yourself on the piano wire lads", "rusting line" etc etc. IMO its the one time you actually want the tide to pull your line hard rather than cut through it. Braid vs Mono for Surf Fishing. This is where line diameter comes into play - the diameter is what “catches” water and is the resistance. Do you modify your ringing on the rod to accomodate the fixed spool? Click here to read about the best spinning reels and here to … [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy! "Braid's strength is straight up and down," says John Drouet, sales manager for HiLiner (Diamond Fishing Products). Re: braid The strength of the braid wont affect the stretch overly UHMWPE (Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene) the stuff most modern super braids are made from won't stretch much different 10lb or 100lb. think its more a case of diameter mate .35 you wont go wrong for some lines thats 15lb while others it can be as much 20lb hope it helps. Tangles in braid are horrible things to sort out and i think that braid is more prone to tangles. It also means i rarely have to use over 5oz of lead except in the biggest of tide runs. 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