04-12-2019, 09:06 AM
[quote cje04] … braid tends to float. With flouro, I’m used to having a direct connection to the jig or lures, meaning the flouro sinks with the jig. With the braid, I noticed the braid floated on the surface, and only sank directly below the jig. In essence, it created a big hockey stick shape from my rod to the jig. While braid doesn’t stretch, I felt the floating limited the direct contact and ability to manipulate the jig as much as I wanted. ...[/quote]
Regarding floating, I use Nanofil in diameters way too thin to have a floating influence as noted by BearLakeFishGuy and for my stronger braids, I use Suffix 832 which has density compensation for neutral buoyancy for a straight line to the lure by having a high density Gore fiber woven into it. That is significant in feel and quick hookset rather than having the delay of first having to pull out the curvature. I learned that from one of the fishing competition professionals at a International Sportsmen's Exposition fishing seminar a few years ago. He showed us tests of pounds of pull at the hook conducted by a scuba diver at distance with various types of lines. Lines that had either positive or negative buoyancy had a curvature to the lure and a hookset motion resulted in surprisingly little force measured. In sharp contrast, lines engineered to have neutral buoyancy had a straight to the lure profile in the water and hooksets were powerful with the force not diminished due to line curvature.
That difference was most pronounced with greater distances. With my switch to a focus on shore fishing the last few years, I need to cover a lot of water to find the fish which means I walk the shores long distances while fishing until I get to the fish. I've noticed I can cover more water area by fanning out with longer casts and have caught a lot of fish on long casts away from shore.
I also noticed that fish near shore are very aware of my presence and spook easily especially in daytime when they can also be seen and are more vulnerable to predatory birds, so I've been productive at catching fish very near shore with long casts that are near parallel to shore to be fishing at a portion of the shore way ahead of my travel for the fish to notice my lure without noticing me.
I'm still on my shore fishing focus and soon adding a new aspect to it which will be surf fishing. I already have my surf fishing equipment and all of my monofilament line, but not my heavier braid just yet. I still need to find a surf fishing guide, so anyone who knows one is invited to refer me. From my research (no experience yet and welcoming advice before I buy this expensive line in bulk), I'm favoring Jerry Brown Decade. That is a hollow core Spectra braid that is many different colors every ten yards for me to easily see the distance to the lure by just the color.
Since surf casting heavy lures or a weight and bait imparts a lot of force, a shock leader is often used that is ten pounds test for every ounce of weight being cast. For eight ounces and bait, that can be one hundred pound test and it 's necessary for it to go to a couple wraps on the spool to take the sudden shock of the distance casting, so that makes the advantage of a splice connection rather than a knot to the heavy shock leader a significant choice for it to go through the guides easily. The splice consists of the monofilament which is often of much larger diameter sliding into the hollow core braid with it gripping without the bulk of a knot by using the same principle as a Chinese finger trap.
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Regarding floating, I use Nanofil in diameters way too thin to have a floating influence as noted by BearLakeFishGuy and for my stronger braids, I use Suffix 832 which has density compensation for neutral buoyancy for a straight line to the lure by having a high density Gore fiber woven into it. That is significant in feel and quick hookset rather than having the delay of first having to pull out the curvature. I learned that from one of the fishing competition professionals at a International Sportsmen's Exposition fishing seminar a few years ago. He showed us tests of pounds of pull at the hook conducted by a scuba diver at distance with various types of lines. Lines that had either positive or negative buoyancy had a curvature to the lure and a hookset motion resulted in surprisingly little force measured. In sharp contrast, lines engineered to have neutral buoyancy had a straight to the lure profile in the water and hooksets were powerful with the force not diminished due to line curvature.
That difference was most pronounced with greater distances. With my switch to a focus on shore fishing the last few years, I need to cover a lot of water to find the fish which means I walk the shores long distances while fishing until I get to the fish. I've noticed I can cover more water area by fanning out with longer casts and have caught a lot of fish on long casts away from shore.
I also noticed that fish near shore are very aware of my presence and spook easily especially in daytime when they can also be seen and are more vulnerable to predatory birds, so I've been productive at catching fish very near shore with long casts that are near parallel to shore to be fishing at a portion of the shore way ahead of my travel for the fish to notice my lure without noticing me.
I'm still on my shore fishing focus and soon adding a new aspect to it which will be surf fishing. I already have my surf fishing equipment and all of my monofilament line, but not my heavier braid just yet. I still need to find a surf fishing guide, so anyone who knows one is invited to refer me. From my research (no experience yet and welcoming advice before I buy this expensive line in bulk), I'm favoring Jerry Brown Decade. That is a hollow core Spectra braid that is many different colors every ten yards for me to easily see the distance to the lure by just the color.
Since surf casting heavy lures or a weight and bait imparts a lot of force, a shock leader is often used that is ten pounds test for every ounce of weight being cast. For eight ounces and bait, that can be one hundred pound test and it 's necessary for it to go to a couple wraps on the spool to take the sudden shock of the distance casting, so that makes the advantage of a splice connection rather than a knot to the heavy shock leader a significant choice for it to go through the guides easily. The splice consists of the monofilament which is often of much larger diameter sliding into the hollow core braid with it gripping without the bulk of a knot by using the same principle as a Chinese finger trap.
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