Switched to braid, 20, 30 or 40?

[dodgeguy]

2 hours ago, jitterbug127 said:

I still don't understand how the line is "heavy". 40 LB braid on a spinning rod should work just fine. It would be the equal to 10 lb mono diameter. I like 10 lb-15 lb braid on my spinning gear, but I think the OP has his braid installed wrong or something isn't working mechanically with his reel. 

40 lb braid doesn't work good on a spinning reel. It's to thick. Most line thickness specs on braid are not accurate.20 and under work best on spinning.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

The braid you’re using is just new. Once it breaks in it’ll lay and handle just fine. 

[MickD]

What is being missed here is that all braids are not the same.  If one uses 8 carrier premium braids (or more with some Hitena braids) one can go higher in pound test than with 4 carrier braids.  I personally won't use anything over about 20 pounds regardless of what braid it is.  But handling problems with 40 pound braid on a spinning outfit is hardly surprising.

 

My Hitena Pureline 19 pound test handles about like most 10-15 pound braids.  Pricey, but the best braid I've used.  It doesn't need any break-in time.

[JackstrawIII]

I like 15 pound braid on spinning rods. Never broken it, ever. Casts a mile. Great all around… tho I’m usually running a short copoly leader for most applications. 
 

You can jump to 30 lb if you feel you must, but 15 has never failed me. 

[Drawdown]

On Sunday I somehow bomb-casted a 5/8oz lipless crankbait nearly 100 yards, landing only 20 yards from the opposite bank of the Etowah River on 10lb braid. Amazing what you can do with an overhead cast on spinning gear when the stars align. I say the last bit, because almost none of my other casts got remotely close.

[Choporoz]

1 hour ago, Drawdown said:

On Sunday I somehow bomb-casted a 5/8oz lipless crankbait nearly 100 yards, landing only 20 yards from the opposite bank of the Etowah River on 10lb braid. Amazing what you can do with an overhead cast on spinning gear when the stars align. I say the last bit, because almost none of my other casts got remotely close.

Keep working at it.   I can put a half ounce trap in a tree from anywhere on the lake

[MickD]

3 hours ago, Choporoz said:

Keep working at it.   I can put a half ounce trap in a tree from anywhere on the lake

Not many can cast with that precision.