Too Many Line Cause Confusion!

[bugman]

Over the last few years I have fished every type of line on the market.  I agree that each line has it's good and bad points for different applications.  My issue is that I have gotten to the point that I feel that I need a different setup for each type of bait I use. I'm starting to think that too many options in fishing gear is taking away from the enjoyment of fishing. This winter I took off all my line from all my reels and plan on using only one or two different types of line. Pure Mono is out because I only use it for topwater baits.  I really like Fluorcarbon and Copoly but I'm thinking I could get away with using one or the other.  I do use braid on some spinning gear and my frog / jig setups but could use Fluorcarbon for those applications.  I would like to hear from anyone that has cut back on using many different lines to using one or two.

[mc6524]

For what it's worth I use fluoro on everything but top water. I may use braid periodically if I'm deep carolina fishing

[thehooligan]

Top water and frogs gets braid. Everything else gets braid with flouro leader. And I only use spinning gear.

[Marty]

It's not just line, but I've cut back on lures and colors as well. In my particular circumstances more options means that I have to make more decisions that I'm not qualified to make.

[Felix77]

Just went through that "cleanse" this winter. I have 6 rods/reels which I use as a co-angler

3 baitcasters - All FC 10, 15 and 20

1 baitcaster - 12 lb mono

1 spinning - braid 10lb (FC leader if necessary)

1 spinning - FC 8lb

The FC is Seaguar Invizx

The Braid is PowerPro

The mono is Sufix Elite

I left behind co-polymer, super lines etc. these work for me.

[Jig Meister]

Well I am like you. I started off when I was younger fishing only mono, then after year of mono in my childhood I tried braid, and I hated it TBH, then went to Floro line, and it is ok but I just can't deal with the cost. Last season I went back to mono to save some money, had a good season really.

 

This season I am going to mono backed braid with copoly leaders. Everything about braid I love. I only fish jigs, plastics, topwater and very few crankbaits so braid will work well for what I need it to do.

 

I do like to keep one sort of line, and I feel that braid allows you to keep that objective, you can just swap out leaders for the rest, which is really easy to do.

[LgMouthGambler]

Ive narrowed it to 50# Power Pro for frogs and pitching, 15# Yozuri for swimming baits, lizards, worms, etc, 12# YoZuri for treble hooks.

[BassinLou]

I experimented with several lines at one time and I came to realize for my style of fishing I only need braid for two of my outfits and Yozuri of varying lbs test on my other outfits, and I am good to go.

[nascar2428]

Braid with flouro leaders when needed.

[JigMe]

Braided line on everything, and use a leader if needed. Use some KVD line conditioner, and the spool will last you years. Just remember to use FC leader in clear water, and dont set the hook too hard.

[Teal]

Whatever you do just keep it simple as you can. No need to have 6 different sizes of braid, then 6a sizes of mono and 6 sizes of braid. Braid and leaders is the way i go now except for jerks/cranks/small med topwaters. I only use 50 and 30lb braid on casting gear.

[Darren.]

Count me in the braid numbers. Although I'm known to spool copoly on a bc now and again.

 

But I just spooled my Lexa 100 with 20lb PP. Can't wait to get 'er on the water.

[nwmike]

gone back to using mono for all my fishing except for one rod with 65 pound braid.I was using fluro for just about every thing for 2 years its good but I missed the give in mono and when fishing shallow and close it just feels better to me.

[ClackerBuzz]

braid with mono or hybrid leader (on all spinning and baitcasting).  you can make ur rods more versatile by increasing or decreasing the leader's lb test depending on cover the body of water has on any particular trip.  imo the perfect system.

[SirSnookalot]

I fish braid and spinning nearly 100% of the time, for me it's 10-20# braid, bluegill 2 billfish.

[roadwarrior]

Spinning tackle: #6 Yo-Zuri Hybrid

 

Baitcasting gear: Hybrid #12

[Bankbeater]

UL rig gets 6 # mono.  Spinning reel gets 10 # mono, and all the baitcasters get 15# mono.  If I am swapping spools on the spinning reel I might put on 8 # mono.

[Rangerphil]

use mainly mono for everything but i may try some braid on my spinning setup for senkos this year to skip with but every time i go to something else i always end up going back to mono!

[Hanover_Yakker]

I can see both sides of the argument, especially when cost is a concern. For me and my style of fishing, the best setup is a mono backing, braid for the main line and a FC leader. Even with topwater, you can use braid, the key for me is to not have your drag too tight and to allow visible slack in the line as it lays on the water. That way when you get a strike on your spook or other non-frog topwater bait you make a smooth sweepset to drive the hook home. Now for my frog/heavy jig combo, I use straight 65lb. braid. The beauty of braid is that you can reverse it onto another reel and get another season or two out of it before it needs replacing. Keep in mind that most of my fishing is in water that is stained to some degree, so clear water is not an issue especially since I use a 4-6' leader of 15lb FC.

I think the determining factor is going to be the style of fishing you do and in the type of cover you are fishing.

[bugman]

Thanks for all of your feedback.  It's always interesting hearing what other fishermen thoughts are.  I was leaning towards copoly for all my rigs but the braid guys have got me thinking.  I may go with copoly (Yozuri or Izorline) for most of my BC rigs and try Sufix 832 for spinning and frog / jig.

[Hyrule Bass]

i use mono for everything

 

although i do have one reel spooled with fluorocarbon which fishes just like mono to me and i dont get the supposed invisibilty part of it either as bluegills come and attack the line in the water, never had that problem with mono...

[TNBassin']

I fish nothing but open water, so it's either mono or Yo Zuri Hybrid for me.

[Deleted account]

8 and 10 lb mono on spinning, baitcasters 10-20 (mostly 12 and 15) mono for nearly everything, 50 braid in heavy cover sometimes, and 65 braid for frogs. I can't deal with not trusting FC knot strength and retying all the time.

[PABASS]

I like using Mono to start and tie a modified albright and go with braid the rest of the way, with FC leaders as needed.   I also have two setups that differ as one has 8#mono(topwater) and the other has 6#FC(finesse).

[Fishes in trees]

I don't have an issue with using different lines on different rigs.  When I re-spool I put a little sticker on the reel with brand of line, lb test and date spooled.  It really isn't that much trouble to keep track of. 

 

When I go fishing by myself (which is most of the time) I routinely take 20 rigs, + or - a couple.  Believe me, I have my own tackle issues, but keeping track of line on reels isn't really one of them. 

 

Occasionally, I will have a backlash when I am fishing.   Imagine that.  Anyway, if I feel that it is going to take me more than 5 minutes to untangle the mess, I just go ahead and swap out the reel.  I carry several extra reels filled with different lines, to solve this issue.  This most often happens when I am trying to get maximum distance with deep diving cranks, so 3 of the spare reels are filled with 10 lb test deep cranking line.