Mono Only

[SWMIBASSER]

Flouro gives you a more direct contact with really light baits.

This must be due to it's sinking rate vs mono.

It helps to eliminate the bow in in your line that even a tiny wind can produce when fishing light stuff.

Thing is this is usually a spinning application and flouro is a PITA on spinning gear. Again IMO.

Y/Z Hybrid is a nice middle ground.

[powerman970]

How does Big Game compare to XL regarding castability?

Cable vs. kite string... :-?

LOL. End of debate. I will stay with XL for cranks. Although I am going to try 12# BPS XPS Fluoro this summer for deep crankin'.

I fished mono exclusively for years then I went through a braid phase.  I liked braid because it had no stretch and the sensitivity was excellent compared to mono.  I did not like braid because it is very visible in the water, is tough on equipment and constantly bites into itself.  Then a buddy of mine introduced me to XPS fluorocarbon.  I love it!!!  I fish fluoro for just about every application.  I still like mono for topwater walking baits and I still use braid for rats and buzzbaits way back in the salad.  I use 8-12# fluoro for all my cranking, 12# for soft plastics and 17# for jigs.  No stretch and it's pretty invisible in the water...The best of both worlds.  On the downside, it burns if you try to cinch a knot down too quickly or without wetting it first and I have found it tough to use on a spinning reel because it tends to have a mind of it's own.  When you spool your reel, I have found that it helps to spray the line with KVD Line and Lure about every 10-15 turns of the reel handle and keep a bottle handy while you are fishing.  It is worth the little bit of extra trouble.

[Bass_Stomper]

I use:

Mono for: Spinnerbaits, Topwaters, Buzzbaits, and Paddletails.

Braid for: Frogs, Mice, and THICK Cover Flipping and Pitching.

Flouro for: Everything else (Including Crankbaits)

Flouro with a good rod is fine with crankbaits. I can feel everything my bait touches and Recently I learned how to fish a crankbait, the right way. Not just cast and retrieve but really know how to fish it. And in order to fish it right your line will be rubbing against all sorts of tree stumps and rocks. Flouro is a little more abrasion resistant.

[TrippyJai]

I am currently fishing Mono for everything right now. I have used braid in the past, but had some issues with it. I'll give braid and fluoro a try this again this season.

I am happy with my McCoy Mean Green line. Strong, never EVER has any memory even when left and forgotten on reels, green coloured which I like, thin diameter and best of all, decent priced like most mono lines. I can't compare sensitivity because I don't fish anything else being happy with that I have now.

[RoLo]

Fishing line doesn't make the fisherman.

I've run the gamut from braided nylon & braided dacron to lead-core & monel,

in fact, Uncle Homer has only braided linen & catgut over me

After all is said and done, "polyethylene braid" is my line material of choice.

The reasons however are better discussed in a more appropriate thread.

Roger

[bass or bass ?]

I use mono exclusively. Trilene XL on all my reels except my heavy catfish rig. On it I use Trilene XT.

[jesse D.]

hey guys I am going to getting a curado e5 and I want the best of both world sensitivity and strength, the reel primary use will be crankbaits and some soft plastics. What line would you all recommend (I don't like braid).