Thinking about trying braided line

[Buellrunner]

Hey all,

 

Great weekend in Lake of Bays last weekend. Some great bass fishing.

 

I was thinking about trying braided line instead of my Rapala Finesse line. My only concern is that the braided line seems far more visible that the mono line Im using.

 

I would rather not use any leaders when I fish...I dont like tying line directly to line.

 

Can I go from the braided line direct to a swivel/lure? Wouldn't using a leader diminish the value of the strength of the braided line?

 

just tyring to figure this out before I spend the 20 bux on the line...

 

All the best,

 

Jack

[GBW]

Hi Jack.

 

There is many great conversations that have been had over braided line on this board. Here are a few for you.

 

poll on line type

braided line

fishing line

 

Just make sure you use mono as a backing when you spool braided on...

 

PS, welcome to the site.

Geoff

[misfish]

Shouldnt a Mod move this to general?

 

Oh and welcome.

[Buellrunner]

oops. Thought I had posted this in general

[misfish]

Na worries bud.Im sure it will get there soon,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Right Roy?

[Marty]

Is that better?

[GBW]

HAHA, see more post on this already...

[misfish]

Roy yer sooooo slow.

Thanks MARTY.

[misfish]

Ok back to the question.

Lots of us use braid,but will tie on either mono or some sort of floro combo as a lead.

 

I would rather not use any leaders when I fish...I dont like tying line directly to line.

Have you concidered using a very small swivel to tie line to line? Or(and this is not to be rude) are you not confident in your line to line knots?

[Roy]

Roy yer sooooo slow.

Thanks MARTY.

 

Sorry, me brudder. I was watchin' dem lil' teletubby rascals wit the small folks.

[misfish]

Sorry, me brudder. I was watchin' dem lil' teletubby rascals wit the small folks.

Which ones yer fav? I like the purple one.LOL

[Slyatv]

Animated Knots online ! !

 

http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishing....imatedknots.com

 

 

Works well for ALL KNOTS ! !

[Buellrunner]

okokokok...my confidence in my knot tying is a 0 out of 10

 

ill try it this weekend...goodbye lures.

 

Going to try to jig for the whitefish im marking on the bottom at 70 ft....

 

see if I can finally snag one.

[GBW]

okokokok...my confidence in my knot tying is a 0 out of 10

I suck at tying knots too but the polamar is SO easy...