Quote Originally Posted by floatman View Post
I use 6lb Stren Magnathin, I was fishing FNF when Charle Nuckols was still alive, and he is THE FATHER of the FNF witch I have not seen his name on this board Ive been on about 2 or 3 years, I still follow his meted, spool out the depth you want and wrap the line 3 times around the lower hook on the float, Ive caught 6lb small mouth and on the next cast catch a 20lb stripper, I have broke fish off but never at the float, one advantage in fishing that way is if you get hung up you stand a chance of getting your fly back, remove the float and sometimes you can reel down the fly and get it back. either way will work. I would use fluoro or mono if you use a leader. JMO

Gary
I think running the fluoro all the way from reel to fly isn't necessarily a bad way to fish. I've done it myself and fished with others who do it and I don't think there is an issue with break offs from the bobber.

The only think I really like better about fishing the braid and leader is that the braid floats and the bobber works better than it does with just straight fluro.