Ned rig main line and leader length

[EWREX]

15# high visibility braid with a 10-12 ft. leader of 8# or 10#. flouro

[Jig Man]

12 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Straight flouro gets a lot more snags and catches far fewer fish in the lakes I fish but they're a lot shallower and dirtier than where you're fishing I imagine. 

You are probably right.  I fish Stockton from mid lake to the dam.  The water is normally pretty clear there and I normally fish from 8 to 25 feet deep.

[fishwizzard]

I have two combos that I use primarily for the Ned, one has 8lb braid to 6lb fluoro leader and the other has straight 6lb mono on it.  

 

They are both awful.  I have never really found an ideal or even close to ideal line selection that also lets me use the short rods and tiny reels I prefer for the presentation.  Straight 7lb Sniper is the best of the line(s) I have tried, but it doesn't handle the best on 1000 size Shimano spools.