Fishing Reports Central > Bass Fishing Reports | Menu
Next

Author:
cjshiz3
Date:
Aug 22, 2013
Subject:
new braided line user
Message:
I just switched over to braided line because I was getting sick of losing my lures on monofil. But the one problem I'm having is that I'm losing a lot of fish after I hook up. Is there something I can do to the drag or they way I'm setting the hook to make it so I don't lose the fish??
Author:
Genesis2245
Date:
Aug 22, 2013
Message:
The thing to remember with braid is that is no give or delay in the line. With mono when you pull back on the rod to set the hook there is a slight delay before the pull on the lure matched that of the rod. With no stretch to braid you sometimes wanna not set as hard or you could tear it out of the mouth of the fish. If you move your rod tip an inch you pull the hook an inch. I generally tie on a flouro leader onto my braid. My main rod has 20lb braid and I add about 18" of flouro. This give it a little stretch and helps when fishing near rocks since rocks will cut through braid. They only time I really fish strait braid is when I am topwater fishing in slop and weeds. Hope this helps you some.
Author:
SAP284
Date:
Aug 22, 2013
Subject:
Re: new braided line user
Message:
[quote:3d447111ea="cjshiz3"]I just switched over to braided line because I was getting sick of losing my lures on monofil. But the one problem I'm having is that I'm losing a lot of fish after I hook up. Is there something I can do to the drag or they way I'm setting the hook to make it so I don't lose the fish??[/quote:3d447111ea] Uni-Knot about 2 feet of flurocarbon at the end of your braid. Tie all your hooks and lures to the fluro. Fluro is good because it has a little more stretch and it is virtually see through.
Next
Home | Topics | Menu