Braid/Carolina Rigs

[Fat-G]

Eventually I will probably get 65lb PP for my flippin' stick. Does anyone use carolina rigs with bradied lines?

[wackyworm66]

I use 50lb braid with a 12 lb fluro leader.  Awesome sensitivity. 

[shackman]

Yeah.. I use braid also with a flouro leader..two reasons-sensitivity and if you get hung up and brake off, you don't loose anything but your leader and your hook.

[burleytog]

Bad idea around rock.  That is unless you like losing weights.

[Hammer 4]

Yup, rocks are not good for braid..I'll keep my 12lb yozuri for that..

[kikstand454]

i do. and i love it.

i dont seem to have the problem around rocks others have.  i fish braid on oyster bars for reds.  freshwater rocks are like glass marbles compared to that. true.. though i guess... i dont fish ON the oyster bars... just over and around them.... hmmmm.....

[Wayne P.]

A trick shown to me many years ago when Carolina rigging in rocks is to put a 1/4" piece of rubber hose on the line before the sinker. The hose protects the line at the sinker and it reduces hangups. The hose type was the gasoline type.

[SimonDM17]

something i've been starting to do is use a 2-part leader for c-rigging with braid.  20lb braid to 1-2' of 20lb yo-zuri hybrid to swivel to 10lb leader.  that way the 20lb hybrid can do abrasion resistance duties but not mess with the sensitivity.

[Tin]

As others mentioned I would not do it around rocky areas. In or around weedy areas I would say it is a no brain-er. Less stretch so you get a better hookset, greater sensitivity so less gut-hooked/dead fish, and you can winch them out without worrying.

[Blade-Runner]

50# PP, 12-15# Trilene Big Game, 3/4 - 1 oz. weight, Falcon Original 7' MH and a BPS Extreme 7:1.

[Hammer 4]

Well, I would use braid, and a leader for a ds in rocks.. the leader would be at least 6'...

I'm loving the 55# diawa samuri braid...stuff cast's so easy...sux when the wind licks up though.. ;D