Fishing line

[Feesherman]

There is no one line for every application. I would never dream of fishing braid with top water plugs for trout. No stretch = hooks ripped out of mouths. I use mono for top water. I like that it stretches and it doesn't sink. Perfect application for topwater. Jig fishing for trout, with sand eels or trout killers or whatever, I use flurocarbon. Abrasion resistant on oysters and very little stretch. I have braid on one rod and that is my flounder fishing rod. No need to re-tie with braid and flounder teeth. No stretch for good hook sets in a flounder's hard mouth.

[evidrine]

Originally Posted by Feesherman

There is no one line for every application. I would never dream of fishing braid with top water plugs for trout. No stretch = hooks ripped out of mouths. I use mono for top water. I like that it stretches and it doesn't sink. Perfect application for topwater. Jig fishing for trout, with sand eels or trout killers or whatever, I use flurocarbon. Abrasion resistant on oysters and very little stretch. I have braid on one rod and that is my flounder fishing rod. No need to re-tie with braid and flounder teeth. No stretch for good hook sets in a flounder's hard mouth.

Good advice. Thanks!

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

Originally Posted by Feesherman

There is no one line for every application. I would never dream of fishing braid with top water plugs for trout. No stretch = hooks ripped out of mouths. I use mono for top water. I like that it stretches and it doesn't sink. Perfect application for topwater. Jig fishing for trout, with sand eels or trout killers or whatever, I use flurocarbon. Abrasion resistant on oysters and very little stretch. I have braid on one rod and that is my flounder fishing rod. No need to re-tie with braid and flounder teeth. No stretch for good hook sets in a flounder's hard mouth.

X2 right on! I use Sufix elite mono on top, Seaguar inviz-x fluorocarbon for about everything else. i only use braid if i have to.. i usually reserve it for very specific situations or conditions... not that there's anything wrong with braided lines, lots of people love them, myself included... i just prefer other lines if conditions permit.

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by Jedi Lure Tricks

i usually reserve it for very specific situations or conditions... not that there's anything wrong with braided lines, lots of people love them, myself included... i just prefer other lines if conditions permit.

Exactly. Braid seems to be made for flounder fishing. I don't use it for anything else. This is the very specific situation in where I will use it. I only have it on one rod.

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by corkyfatboy

Really? All the serious trout fishermen I know use braid exclusively.

Yes really. I must not be a serious trout fisherman. I do, however, know how to set my drag!