Sharpie and Braid

[Angry John]

I just let it fade and let it look like the stalk of the pad that i am fishing

[Darren.]

WOW, aNOTHER old thread revival! PREACH!!

 

Amazing what Feb of 2017 brings in terms of old

threads.

 

Hey, I tried coloring my braid. Worked! Black, too.

But I still prefer to use a leader. Go figure!  

[RoLo]

Ghost braid is white, thin and very hard to see.

But a few stripes with a black Sharpie makes line-movement easier to see       

Not the right answer?  

[WRB]

Lets see blue, yellow, green, black and white braids are all popular maybe bass in cover don't care about line color. When I use braid it's Fins green, color doesn't fade or run.

Tom

[Helpingverbs]

On 2/18/2017 at 1:16 AM, wdp said:

Depends on the type of Sharpie. The big, wide tip sharpies have a strong chemical smell. I'm sure it's whatever organic solvent it used for the permenant ink. The smaller sharpies with a fine tip don't hardly have a smell that I can tell. And what little smell there is fades rather quickly. You can still cut the notch in the smaller sharpies to make it easier to apply to the line. 

It actually works well. I "camo'd" half a spool of braid on my reel once by alternating different greens and browns. Took a little effort, but it turned out well. Now I'm too lazy to repeat it, lol. 

And you?  A sharpie inhaler?  Thanks for your input but I'm still not doin it.

[wdp]

7 minutes ago, Helpingverbs said:

And you?  A sharpie inhaler?  Thanks for your input but I'm still not doin it.

Ha! Not an inhaler, but I learned the hard way. Decided to try the big, wide tip sharpie one day figuring it would be easier to apply. 2 days later I could still smell the solvent on my line from the sharpie. Not sure, but could've damaged the line as well so I cut that couple of ft of line off my spool.

 

Never had a problem with the regular sharpies tho. 

[Big Bait Fishing]

On ‎2‎/‎18‎/‎2017 at 5:53 AM, Choporoz said:

Why color line at all?  I see small bass come to check out my line all the time... Doesn't seem to matter if it's brown, green, yellow, clear, etc.   Has bass' pea brain actually determined that it is best NOT to eat something with line nearby?   Maybe...Just maybe your line might actually lead a fish to your lure?  I have no clue, but I'm not at all convinced that I do worse with yellow braid than with camo or brow or green.  The greatest consideration for me is whether or not I can see the line

i have been switching all my braided lines to hi-vis yellow , braid or line color is not an issue at all relating to fish seeing it , i use the hi-vis yellow for my own visibility

[RichF]

Flipping in thick grass = 99% reaction bite....the bass aren't going to care about your line.  But by all means, keep your line outta the water so you can color it.  I'll catch all the fish in between.  

 

Thanks for starting that trend Denny!

[Mike L]

The things folks worry about.....

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[Jamers]

On 3/16/2011 at 10:47 PM, Hammer 4 said:

Depends on where you buy it, has come down in price. I get the 150 yd spools, bought one from here for 15.00..

You guys are lucky here 50lb J-braid is $50 (j braid is the horribly flimsy braid stuff that loops over itself and digs into itself broke off mid cast more times than I could count and 30 lb power pro is also 50 bucks Canada ontario vibes.