Quote Originally Posted by fishfever View Post
I have had a similar year of more lost fish than ever before. I too switched from mono to braid w/ fluoro leader and a stout carbon fiber rod. I really believe my hook sets are too hard and I have often brought fish in with larger holes in their lips with hook about to fall out. I loosened my drag even more and try (although really hard to break the habit ) to not set the hook with as much force. It has helped since doing that but I still loose too many fish and have considered going back to mono. I love the sensitivity of braid though and hate to go back
I have read by so many that a 6'-6" rod is ideal for jig and worm, years ago all we had were 6' rods and seem like I never lost fish...But back then I used spinning outfits for jig and even worm fishing and made the change to casting rods about 4 yrs ago cause I had been told I lost fish then cause I was using spinning equipment, so decided to go with baitcasting...But then again I was using braid on spinning reel with flouro leader...So does everybody believe a longer rod can make a difference? My buddy uses a 7' spinning rod with braid and flouro leader and rarely loses fish...He is the first that said go to a longer rod