Best line for jig / worm fishing

[Ineedanewscreenname20170204]

I use Yozuri UltraSoft for all my BC fishing and it seems to work just fine.  I've never used 100% fluoro.  Is is THAT much better (esp. in terms of sensitivity)?  I've used braid and the sensitivity is incredible but the visibility is an issue in clear water.  I prefer to avoid the braid / fluoro leader madness.  Should I stay with Yozuri, go with fluoro or with braid?

[PondHunter]

The best thing I can tell you is to learn how to tie on a Flouro leader. Flouro takes on a coil too easily and is too expensive to fill a reel with enough of it to fish effectively.  I fish in alot of clear water and the flouro leader is definitely an advantage. I had a reel spooled with flouro and it coiled up within a day. The double surgeon's knot is very easy to tie, and makes a great loop in the braid. Use a good interlocking loop connection and it will hold up well. 

[OnthePotomac]

I use 14lb floro for my jigs and 10-14lb floro for my worms and it works well for me.  No leaders to mess with.  I worm fish with a baitcaster.  This is for the Tidal Potomac, which is loaded with heavy grass growth and wood.

[SWMIBASSER]

I can't comment on the Ultra Soft. Or with the heavier weights. But I can directly compare 100% Flourocarbon in 10lb test with 8lb test Y/Z Hybrid. I don't see any difference in sensitivity.

I'm happy with Y/Z and am switching EVERYTHING over to it this year.

[kikstand454]

I can't comment on the Ultra Soft. Or with the heavier weights. But I can directly compare 100% Flourocarbon in 10lb test with 8lb test Y/Z Hybrid. I don't see any difference in sensitivity.

I'm happy with Y/Z and am switching EVERYTHING over to it this year.

agreed.

when sportsmans warehouse went out of business here.. i got some 15lb berkley100% flouro for dirt cheap. i put it on my worm/t-rig rod and fished it all last year, i liked it alot. it was tough and smooth and still today it has little memory though ive gone through alot of it on that spool because of abrasion.

however.... im having a real hard time talking myself into buying another spool of it to refill this reel. the price just hurts to look at.

what this tells me is that though i loved it... it wasnt so very much better that i immediately knowi want to buy it agin over just spooling up 15lb yo zuri and going with it. the price difference is just too much compared to the "advantages".

im sticking to the yozuri unless i can get the berkley 70% off again.

[Ineedanewscreenname20170204]

Yeah I think I'm sticking with Yozuri Ultrasoft for all my baitcasting setups.  Mostly 12# but 6# for one finesse combo.

[jb7725]

i have used all of the above and i prefer 50# power pro with a 12# flouro leader is my favorite for this application

[RandySBreth]

Nothing beats superline, but the visibility thing gets me, so I use Fireline/Fluoro Leader. I fish Table Rock/Beaver Lake (<- super clear) so I like the leader thing.

I know it's not what you want to hear, but I've learned to love it. Cheaper than spooling straight fluorocarbon too.

[Ineedanewscreenname20170204]

Well I reckon it's time to go braid with floro leaders.  What length leaders do you all leave?  Does it go throught the rod eyes smoothly?

[David P]

Braid with leader is an option, but straight fluoro work very well too. It's all about preference and the cover you're fishing. In heavy weeds I use braid cause it cuts through the weeds well, but if fishing deeper water, I prefer straight fluorocarbon. I feel more bites on slack line with fluorocarbon than braid, but braid is extremely sensitive on a tight line. Lot of it is personal preference though.

I use Samurai braid when using braid, and P-Line Fluorocarbon when just straight fluorocarbon is what I want. It's a great fluorocarbon for a fraction of the cost of some of the other higher end fluoros.

[SeanW]

Braid with leader is an option, but straight fluoro work very well too. It's all about preference and the cover you're fishing. In heavy weeds I use braid cause it cuts through the weeds well, but if fishing deeper water, I prefer straight fluorocarbon. I feel more bites on slack line with fluorocarbon than braid, but braid is extremely sensitive on a tight line. Lot of it is personal preference though.

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Yeah, what he said. I dont tie leaders at all. To me it is a big hassle and not needed. If I need braid, its tied directly to the bait. If not is 100% fluorocarbon. Yes I punch with it to, 25lb is plenty strong. Deep fishing is 6 all the way to 15lb for me.

[BassThumb]

I use fluoro and copoly leaders with spinning gear all the time, and I really like it because light braid(15-20#) handles really well on spinning reels. But with casting gear and larger diameter lines, I really don't like using leaders if I don't have to. I hate those big annoying knots running through my rod guides.

I prefer straight 50# braid for fishing heavy, shady cover and pitching/flipping, and straight 15# fluoro for fishing deep or working edges and areas with less cover where a fish is more likely to spot my line. I figure since when pitching/flipping in grass almost all hits come on the fall for me, the lure is right in fishes face before any braided line would be spotted.

[RandySBreth]

Well I reckon it's time to go braid with floro leaders. What length leaders do you all leave? Does it go throught the rod eyes smoothly?

I usually go with a leader about the length of the rod I'm using, or about a foot longer. So 7' rod -> about 7- to 8-foot leader. If you tie your knots well (and aren't using a rod with the silly "micro guides") the line leader knot passes through easily.

[Jason Penn]

Nothing wrong with the Yozuri line at all.  I used it for a while. 

I'm now using 15# Vicious fluorocarbon.  Lots of folks seem to hate it, but it's really working out good for me, and it's super cheap! I prefer the way lures fall on fc vs braid. 

I'm using 8# Berkley 100% on my spinning rod, but I think I'm going to try 10# Invizx next.

I'm using a doubled-line clinch wrapped 3 times and tightened down slow.  I still have some breakoffs if I don't retie after a couple of fish though.  This is the easiet knot for me to tie for all lures. Cranks & palomar knots are a nightmare for me!

[roadwarrior]

I fish weightless soft plastics on spinnung tackle

and #6 Yo-Zuri Hybrid or Hybrid Ultra Soft. For

weighted soft plastics I am currently using #15

Ultra Soft. My jig rod is spooled with #50 Fireline

Braid, but I have not fished it yet. I have been

fishing PP on this rig for several months.

My observation is that braid has significantly

improved my jig fishing. I may experiment with

the Fireline for weighted soft plastics.

Regarding Fluorocarbons, I tested several in 2010:

Inviz, AbrazX, P-Line CX and Tatsu. The Seaguar

lines are all fine, but Tatsu stands head and shoulders

above the others. This is my second go-around with

the P-Line and will be my last.

8-)

[APK62]

It's hard to beat the combination of braid and a fluro leader. For ids, I would go with all braid.

[Ineedanewscreenname20170204]

Thanks for the info everyone.  I think I'll try braid (that Suffix 832 looks promising) for Jigging where there's not too much slack line and some kind of Floro for the Senkos and maybe T-Rigs.  I can always add a leader if I need to on the Jig rig.

[BASSclary]

For worming fluoro I like and recommend Seaguar AbrazX 12# and for braid I like Sufix Performance braid, but I really want to try that 832

[Catt]

Light to moderate sparse cover I use Berkley Trilene Big Game 15# test; very abrasion resistant & shock-resistance.

Thick matted vegetation or Buck brush I use Power Pro 65# test which just happens to be the same diameter as the Big Game 15# test.

Over the past few months I experimented with Triple Fish Fluorocarbon Line 12# test; 100 % Fluorocarbon made for fishing, not the commercial grade leader material sold by other countries.

[SoFlaBassAddict]

I've tried out Yo-zuri and various 100% fluoros for my worm and jig fishing.  After messing around with all of them for a while, I've gone back to my tried and true braid with a fluoro leader.  Theres just something about the incredible feel that you get with it that I love.  The fact that I can effortlessly set the hook at any distance is another major plus in my book.

[Mike L]

Agree...

In the mostly shallow, weedy lakes in Central and So Fla braid with a floro leader just works the best.

Mike

[ww2farmer]

I use braid for alot of my jig/worm fishing, but about 95% of the time I am fishing thick weeds. One of the situations I switch to fluorocarbon is when it is really windy.

[WanderLust]

Samurai braid

if required fluro leader.