Ned rig- straight braid?

[DitchPanda]

Whose running straight braid? Whose using braid to leader? Whose using something else entirely? I've been using copolymer and mono but I'm gonna try braid soon I think

[MN Fisher]

Usually, my Ned work is done with my Ultra-Light rig - 4# Yo-Zuri hybrid to the VMC spin-shot hook, 6# Suffix Elite from the hook to the weight.

 

If I do use my ML rig - that's 6# Suffix Elite to the spin-shot, 6# Suffix Elite from hook to weight.

[Cgolf]

Usually I have fished the Ned rig on 10 or 20 lb fireline with no leader and caught a ton of fish. 
 

That said I currently use a 10 lb Red Label FC leader, maybe for the abrasion resistance. It hasn’t changed the number of bites like some claimed it would. Once the spool is gone so are leaders for me. I have fished clear water all my life and don’t buy into the line shy thing. Used to fish XT solar on a gin clear lake, great line fr the day, without any issues. 

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

46 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

Whose running straight braid? Whose using braid to leader? Whose using something else entirely? I've been using copolymer and mono but I'm gonna try braid soon I think

4# or 8# Nanofil for spinning reels. On baitcaster 10# straight braid.

[JediAmoeba]

1 minute ago, cgolf said:

Usually I have fished the Ned rig on 10 or 20 lb fireline with no leader and caught a ton of fish. 
 

That said I currently use a 10 lb Red Label FC leader, maybe for the abrasion resistance. It hasn’t changed the number of bites like some claimed it would. Once the spool is gone so are leaders for me. I have fished clear water all my life and don’t buy into the line shy thing. 

I fish some heavily pressured small water.  The water is pretty clear.  I fish alongside 2 people that use straight braid whereas I use 20 foot 6lb fluoro leaders... I out fish them about 3 to 1.  

[jbsoonerfan]

What I use has nothing to do with the fish seeing the line but more about what I am fishing around. In a couple of the lakes I fish where the bottom is mostly grass or soft bottom it is straight braid. A couple of the lakes I fish is sandy and rocky and I will use a leader for abrasion and ease of breaking off if I get caught up in the rocks.

[RyneB]

I use 10lb power pro to 6lb InvizX. I have been doing this for 3 years with no problems at all. I have done straight braid as well. I guess the leader is a confidence thing for me.

[GreenPig]

10 lb braid to 6' to 10 ' 6 lb FC

[ChrisD46]

4 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Usually, my Ned work is done with my Ultra-Light rig - 4# Yo-Zuri hybrid to the VMC spin-shot hook, 6# Suffix Elite from the hook to the weight.

 

If I do use my ML rig - that's 6# Suffix Elite to the spin-shot, 6# Suffix Elite from hook to weight.

*You are referring to a drop shot rig using a Ned worm ... While of course this will work , it's not a Ned Rig using a small jig head and Ned worm .

[rangerjockey]

I'm back to 6lb. mono.

[Jig Man]

I exclusively use 6# fluorocarbon.  A guy who fisher with me has been using braid I normally whack him 2-1.  

[Bluebasser86]

Braid to a leader, for sink rate and abrasion resistance, not visibility. 

[Hook2Jaw]

I use braid to fluorocarbon leader.  The braid offers easier line management, sensitivity, casting distance, and makes line watching much easier.  The fluorocarbon offers sink rate and a little more abrasion resistance.

[Smells like fish]

I've never had any issues using either 6# or 8# copolymer P Line.

 

What is your reason from changing from your current line?

 

I think most fishermens lack of satisfaction with the deadly Nedley comes from not using the right rod. 

[Cgolf]

8 hours ago, JediAmoeba said:

I fish some heavily pressured small water.  The water is pretty clear.  I fish alongside 2 people that use straight braid whereas I use 20 foot 6lb fluoro leaders... I out fish them about 3 to 1.  

 

If it works for you great, I have just not seen any evidence and I have tried. Could be you are just better stick than them too;) The abrasion resistance is definitely a plus though with fc leader for some of the cover I fish is why I am sticking with it now. Who knows maybe I will see a difference some day, but usually it is finding out what the fish want.

 

Last year it was a subtle rod twitch after bait had hit bottom shaking it in place. All my fish caught on the gopro showed this twitch I did. I didn't even realize I was doing it till like day 2 lol.

 

I have the same argument about scent and the need for it and the huge difference it can make.

 

The argument against line that baffles me though, is that they will see the line, but not the really thick, compared to line, flashy metal hook in the plastic or 2 to 3 trebles on a crankbait. I think finding a way to mask those would be more important than the line. Maybe that is why a jig is such a successful lure, the skirt pretty much hides the hook.

[Armtx77]

I fish it on 10lbs Sufix 832, straight braid. With that said, I am not fishing a bunch of rocky areas to chew up braid.

 

If I was having issues with braid failing on me, I MIGHT run a FC leader, but I run straight braid when fishing rocky bottom rivers for Spots and don't lose many lures on straight braid. I inspect the knot and about 3ft of line after every fish. If you are doing that, than I feel you are on top of things.

 

 

[MN Fisher]

4 hours ago, ChrisD46 said:

*You are referring to a drop shot rig using a Ned worm ... While of course this will work , it's not a Ned Rig using a small jig head and Ned worm .

I was half asleep yesterday.

 

You're right of course. UL rig - 4# Yo-Zuri to the Ned; ML rig - 6# Elite to the Ned...I was confuzled.

[gim]

I have tried it with straight braid but the catch rate is a little lower based on experience.  Right now I have fluro tied up to the end of it but I may try the straight braid again here for more sample size.

[waymont]

8lb Power Pro to 8lb Red Label Flouro, FG knot. I keep my leader at about 5-6'.

[dgkasper58]

10 hours ago, QUAKEnSHAKE said:

4# or 8# Nanofil for spinning reels. On baitcaster 10# straight braid.

You use 10lb braid on baitcasters?  Doesn't that dig in to the spool like crazy?

[soflabasser]

Most bass fishermen fish ned rigs on light monofilament line. I prefer using strait braid for ned rigs and have caught a lot of smallmouth bass and other fish this way.

[Scott F]

3 hours ago, dgkasper58 said:

You use 10lb braid on baitcasters?  Doesn't that dig in to the spool like crazy?

The only way it digs in is if you pull hard on the line while your drag is locked down. 

[Yumeya]

.006" braid to 8lb flourocarbon leader.

 

 

[Jermination]

10lb powerpro to 8 or 10lb pline shinsei leader. not sure why you would ever use straight braid unless you are punching, throwing a frog, or visibility is less than 2 ft(which at that point im probably throwing something louder with more vibration than a ned rig anyways). Visibility is a thing, and i'd argue until im blue in the face about it

[Jermination]

2 minutes ago, BaitFinesse said:

I dread the day they figure out what fishing hooks are.  They don't make clear hooks.  It's bad enough that they know what fishing line is.

Will be a very sad day indeed