Braid shock leader

[meirion658]

I use braid on all of my lure fishing reels and enjoy using it for that purpose.

All of my multi and and larger reels I use mono main line and 90% of the time tapered shock leaders.

I see a lot of posts/you tube videos of people starting to use braid as a shock leader.

Is this a growing trend and apart from the tiny knots what are are advantages and disadvantages of using braid as a shock leader?

 

[flappy]

I tried using carp dacron as a hook length.. it unraveled in the waves..

 

[Thrasher]

I use braid on all of my lure fishing reels and enjoy using it for that purpose.

All of my multi and and larger reels I use mono main line and 90% of the time tapered shock leaders.

I see a lot of posts/you tube videos of people starting to use braid as a shock leader.

Is this a growing trend and apart from the tiny knots what are are advantages and disadvantages of using braid as a shock leader?

Like you when lure fishing I have braid as the mainline and go to either nylon or fluorocarbon as a leader.
When out with the beack rods on a fixed spool I also have braid, but akso a braid leader.
Yes it gives a small knot but also continues the lack of stretch in the set up.
No idea what mono with a braid leader achieves other than a potentially smaller knot? Dependant on ground maybe a bit more abrasion resistance in the rough stuff?

 

[Trampster]

Like you when lure fishing I have braid as the mainline and go to either nylon or fluorocarbon as a leader.
When out with the beack rods on a fixed spool I also have braid, but akso a braid leader.
Yes it gives a small knot but also continues the lack of stretch in the set up.
No idea what mono with a braid leader achieves other than a potentially smaller knot? Dependant on ground maybe a bit more abrasion resistance in the rough stuff?

Agree with your setup on the lure rods, but after problems with wind knots with Braid on a Beach setup, I've stuck to Mono & a mono leader.
I have bought a spool of Braid to try on the Beach reels again but not spooled it up yet.

 

[The Third Earl]

Have used braid as a leader since Moses was a lad. 40 lb braid main line and 70 lb braid leader. The exception are over rough ground when I use 30 lb mono and 60 lb mono leader. If just lobbing in I dont bother with a leader at all then .

In big tides, or areas with a strong current I use mono main line to absorb some of the tidal pull, and braid leader. I find the stretch in the Mono stops the lead being pulled out . I could leave a big bow in the line if using braid but I think that in that particular circumstance Mono mainline has the edge.

Recently I have been using low a dia 60 lb braid straight through and so far I am impressed , it is the same dia as 40 lb braid .

One thing that leader knots do is to catch weed and stop it travelling down your line to your end gear. No leader means that I have to tie in a stop knot on the heavy braid setup to do the same job as the leader knot.

Dave

 

[wingnut55]

Have used braid as a leader since Moses was a lad. 40 lb braid main line and 70 lb braid leader. The exception are over rough ground when I use 30 lb mono and 60 lb mono leader. If just lobbing in I dont bother with a leader at all then .

In big tides, or areas with a strong current I use mono main line to absorb some of the tidal pull, and braid leader. I find the stretch in the Mono stops the lead being pulled out . I could leave a big bow in the line if using braid but I think that in that particular circumstance Mono mainline has the edge.

Recently I have been using low a dia 60 lb braid straight through and so far I am impressed , it is the same dia as 40 lb braid .

One thing that leader knots do is to catch weed and stop it travelling down your line to your end gear. No leader means that I have to tie in a stop knot on the heavy braid setup to do the same job as the leader knot.

Dave

Feck me, Braid has been around since Moses was alive, Jesus..

Ian.

 

[wingnut55]

Nope not quite

I rember it was first used for fly fishing. That may have been the late 60s.

A Complete History Of Braided Fishing Lines (With Timeline) - Begin To Fish

With all the advancements that braided lines have seen over the years, it's difficult to imagine that they were once far inferior to monofilament. As braid

www.begintofish.com

Feck me, ok if you want help sleeping..

Ian.

 

[Thrasher]

Feck me, Braid has been around since Moses was alive, Jesus..

Ian.

Yep, jesus turned nylon into braid.