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Underwater View: Braided line vs. Monofilament

September 28, 2014 By JD Leave a Comment

Here are a couple underwater self portraits of me and a buddy fishing to try to prove a point. A guy I know swears that the fish don’t care if you tie your lure direct to brightly colored braid. I, on the other hand, always run at least 10 feet of mono (or better yet, fluorocarbon) leader material between my lure and mainline when using braid.

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Take a look at the following two pix and come to your own conclusions…we begin with yellow braid tied directly to the hook.

Is that a laser beam??

Is that a laser beam??

In this shot, I switched to mono. Seems like a lot more fish around. Just saying…

Hey, the great yellow line from the sky went away and the fish came back!

Hey, the great yellow line from the sky went away and the fish came back!

Filed Under: Underwater Photos/Video Tagged With: braided line, fishing line, fluorocarbon, monofilament, underwater

How to connect braided line to mono: The Double Uni Knot

August 21, 2014 By JD 2 Comments

I use this all the time to connect my braided mainline to my mono or fluorocarbon leaders: The Uni Knot. It takes a little practice, but it is easy once you get the hang of it!

Filed Under: Bass, Salmon, Steelhead, Stripers, Sturgeon, Techniques Tagged With: braided line, double uni knot, How-to, leader

Line Diameter Comparisons?

December 14, 2008 By JD Leave a Comment

JD,
Do you have an idea where someone can get information on diameters of fishing lines to compare one to another?

Dan L.

Hey Dan, try this out: MELS-PLACE

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: braided line, fishing line, Line Diameter Comparisons, mono fishing line

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