braid ?

[salty pig]

Would you guys use braid on  your striper reels?? i put it on the fluke reels and love it but not sure if i should try it on the striper reel...... What you think?

[Capt. Mike]

All reels!!! You can top shot with mono or floro leader. 

[salty pig]

ok now your getting  difficult on me  no clue what that is LOL

[hareball]

You can have your reel loaded with braid then have whats called a "topshot" of a good quality mono.

[seanr8w]

What kinda braid, and what length and test top shot are you using?

[Pfishingruven]

I use it on my spinning reels and would never go back to mono for the shore and surf fishing I do.  I do use a mono shock leader/top shot as well.  If you like braid, you will like it on your striper setups as well !

 

[striper74]

While you guys are on the subject of braid, is there a simple way to splice your braid and mono together?  I want to put new braid on my Fluke reels, and I recall last time I had a real tough time tying the reccomended knot.  I had found several online, but the illustrations were tough to follow. 

[gottog]

Uni to uni is probably the quickest to tie.  Good knot, just sometimes comes out a lil bulky depending on thicknes of leader.

I like the slim beauty knot, doubled version:

http://www.midcurrent.com/articles/knots/slim_beauty.aspx

I love Fireline(not technically a braid, but a superline) for 99.9% of my fishing, from spinning to conventional,and from boat or land.

[Luna Sea 5]

Power Pro for me, braid for anything and everything.

[kezsr]

While you guys are on the subject of braid, is there a simple way to splice your braid and mono together?  I want to put new braid on my Fluke reels, and I recall last time I had a real tough time tying the reccomended knot.  I had found several online, but the illustrations were tough to follow. 

quit playing with those fluke reels,going to try for the striped ones tomorrow morning,you in?

[striper74]

Nah, can't go tomorrow....  Mama's working, Ill be home with the kids.

[striper74]

Gottog, thanks for the uniknot link.  I don't remember what knot I used last time, just that it took me about 20 tries to get it right!

[gottog]

Uni to uni can be found easily online. I go to that when I really need to just get it tied quickly.  usually 3 wraps of the mono(40# test+) and 6-7 wraps on the braid/Fireline.

The slim beauty link I just put up is quick, easy, small, and strong.

The pool winner on my last tog trip was caught on a rig I tied for the guy.  He was using braid to a swivel and then a short mono leader from that.  I tied the slim beauty in about a minute and rigged him up. Knot went through the guides AND his levelwind without a problem.  Was happy it held up to the 10lb fish as well

[PHIL]

Braid, braid, braid. With a Flourocarbon leader. Bass, Fluke, etc.  No stretch. better hook set. 

[Bucktail]

While you guys are on the subject of braid, is there a simple way to splice your braid and mono together?  I want to put new braid on my Fluke reels, and I recall last time I had a real tough time tying the reccomended knot.  I had found several online, but the illustrations were tough to follow. 

I've used the uni-to-uni and others.  I used this knot, that Darth Baiter posted, throughout this past fall.  It worked very well for me. 

http://njsaltwaterfisherman.com/forums/index.php?topic=7951.0

I would like to try that slim beauty knot this season as well.

[PeggyLee]

I like and use the braid,however I have a load of Berkley Mono that I have been using up and changing line freguently. I also use the mono as backing. I think this year I will give the kids around the docks, and surf the mono and stuff, as gifts, to keep em going.Its cool to see them ride their bike with their fishing pole and pails.,brings back some nice memories.