Braid on Spinning Gear?

[DJD]

It would be better to try and open or break the hook off than just cut the braid and leave all that line in the water......JMO.

[kygorski]

I got a spider wire reel and rod the first year it came out[still have most of the original line], since then i have used braids from 8/1 to 90/?[downrigger], trhe most important tip I can give is this, loosen your drag,3# 2 dont over fill your spool 8 of my spinnings rod have braid,5 of my bait casters have braid, but I do use flouro, as a leader ec cept when surface fishing.

[offdtop]

I always use a fluro leader and tie using a blood knot or other knots of the same strength you can use 20# braid and it is the diameter of 6 to 8# test and you can cast it much further than usual mono, plus you have the feel when the lure is WAY out there and with the "no stretch" factor you get good hooksets, search the internet for a Scott Martin video on using braids - I thinks it's on a Scott Martin Challenge on

http://www.myoutdoortv.com/show-micr...challenge.html

Look for the "John Sappington Fishes Stuttgart, Arkansas" episode I believe that's the one where he talks about it

[Chubminnow]

Hey Wishn....Our good buddy Mr. Dance just had a show on television last weekend or so and he was using braid on his spinning reel with a 24" to 36" flouro leader tied onto a barrel swivel. One things for sure, if you don't try it for yourself you'll never truly know if you like it or not.

[12VoltMan]

I use braid on a spinning reels with a fluro leader for redfish around reeds joined with a double uni knot. Works great! The braid slices through the reeds whe the red make their run into the vegitation, would have lost a lot of fish if I was using mono. I also like the braid for inshore shark fishing. The braid allows me to get a good hookset into the toothy jaws.

[kygorski]

The uni knots are my choice also.One other quirk about braids,scissors wont cut it in many applications, a good sharp knife and a hard surface for trimming is best.I donmt use a flouro on surface baits , in a lot of cases it kills the action becAUSE IT SINKS.

[colonelmeyer]

I use the green fireline on my spinning tackle mainly because I fish alot of shallow brushy water and I can't use a baitcaster. Great for vertical fishing live minnows on stake beds/brush piles in Jonathan Creek on KY Lake. I like to use the little golden hooks with the braid just cause I can straighten em' out so easily when I get hung up real bad.

[Polka]

A lot of reel manufacturer's are coming out with spinning reel spools made for superlines.. i.e. abu garcia's new soron series... like said before if you don't have a superline spool, use tape or wind up with some mono first... Winding up with mono first is a good idea anyways since superlines are costly. Advantages of braid are many... and for me and many others... braid seems to work better and cast better after its been used a while. When that coating wears off and its stretched a bit it seems to cast limper. Also for cutting purposes I keep a pair of high quality small nail clippers handy. Maybe tommorow your wife girlfriend will be missing hers:-)
Personally I don't use braid a lot... I have an issue with its looks lol.. and I don't much care for black fingers. In all applications except for topwater fishing I use flourocarbon. And of course for topwater I use monofilament. Happen to be a berkley man myself and would suggest fireline as a premium superline choice.

[colonelmeyer]

I have a confession to make, the trouties would flog me for, sometimes when I'm fishing around Polka's home turf I encounter a good deal of sauger which shred fine tippet. I use the neon green fireline for a tippet! Smallies don't care and sauger don't steal my flies.

[wishniwasfishn]

Thanks guys for all the informative replies, I think after reading the replies, I may try it on the spinning gear I use just for senko's and shakey heads around rocks. Bob