Acton Posted March 9, 2021 Posted March 9, 2021 Hey guys, been doing some research on hair jigs and recently I came across Ike's video on YouTube discussing hair jigs in which he advocates for using high vis Berkley braid crystal line. Another pro who I've probably learned the most from this year overall Seth Feider also advocates for using "high vis braid" with hair jigs. Many of the pros talk about "watching the line" and "being line watchers". Last month I was throwing power pro low vis and had trouble watching the line on sunny days. I'm thinking about throwing this line on all my finesse setups. Usually those include tubes (my most productive finesse lure last year), drop shots, finesse jigs (keitech spider jigs), ned rigs and wacky rig senkos. Usually I throw 10lb low vis braid on these setups with 6-8 feet of 6-10lb flouro leaders. I lost many fish last year because I didn't manage slack in the line very well and/or didn't detect the bite. I'm thinking high vis line like this could be helpful, but I've also come across other pros talking about using only flouro for techniques like tubes, especially when you want to pendulum the lure through the water. That school of thought states that you want to use flouro over braid because flouro sinks and floats. I recently moved my jerkbait setup over to straight 10lb braid for this very reason. I'm thinking that maybe the high vis might be good for me since I'm a novice and any assistance I can get with watching the line might be good, even if I lose a few fish because of it. I caught plenty of fishing on braid to flouro last year. What do you guys think? Quote
Super User dodgeguy Posted March 9, 2021 Super User Posted March 9, 2021 Get high vis braid and color the last 5 feet low vis green with a permanent marker Quote
Acton Posted March 9, 2021 Author Posted March 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, dodgeguy said: Get high vis braid and color the last 5 feet low vis green with a permanent marker That's a good idea. I was thinking of just making my leaders longer too. I'm concerned about braid floating and why flouro might be better because it sinks. The visibility of braid can be mitigated several ways, but the floating/sinking issue and how it affects the lures concerns me. Pros fishing straight flouro seem to highlight its sinking properties as why they fish straight braid rather then the fact its invisible underwater. Like I said in my original post, I switched to straight flouro on my jerkbait setup for that reason. I think that's super important with suspending jerkbaits though, not sure how important it is with the finesse techniques I mentioned. Quote
EzyEric Posted March 9, 2021 Posted March 9, 2021 Most of us use high vis braid (yellow or green) to leader on our spinning setups. White should work too but I can imagine scenarios it would not be as visible. I was concerned about braid floating as an issue on ultra light lures at first but in those scenarios I just use a very long leader. Quote
Deplorable Fisherman Posted March 9, 2021 Posted March 9, 2021 I use Berkley X9 crystal 15lb with about a 12 ft 8-10 lb fluoro leader. Works fantastic. Sight is not so much as issue for me...the sensitivity of braid lets me know what's going on. I've caught tons of fish with this set up. Quote
Acton Posted March 9, 2021 Author Posted March 9, 2021 Alright, you guys sold me on the merits of braid. Now I'm torn between traditional neon high vis braid or the X9 crystal. Maybe I should just spool up one reel with each and see how I like it? Quote
Super User dodgeguy Posted March 9, 2021 Super User Posted March 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, Acton said: Alright, you guys sold me on the merits of braid. Now I'm torn between traditional neon high vis braid or the X9 crystal. Maybe I should just spool up one reel with each and see how I like it? high vis neon is easier to see Quote
EzyEric Posted March 9, 2021 Posted March 9, 2021 They make X9 in High Vis Green. It's the last braid I purchased. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/catpage-LNEBERKLEY.html?from=basres Quote
Super User jimmyjoe Posted March 10, 2021 Super User Posted March 10, 2021 21 hours ago, Acton said: I'm concerned about braid floating and why flouro might be better because it sinks. The visibility of braid can be mitigated several ways, but the floating/sinking issue and how it affects the lures concerns me. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/YGK_G-Soul_OHDRAGON_WX4_F1_SS140_Sinking_Braided_Line/descpage-OHDRAG.html or https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/YGK_G-Soul_SS112_Sinking_Braided_Line_Yellow_164yd/descpage-YGKGSSB.html jj Quote
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