04-05-2012, 12:55 PM
Bustumbaits is right about the size. Anything over 20lb braid (20lb braid has a line diameter as small as 6lb mono/flouro line sometimes) shouldn't dig in as much but there are a couple things I do when I use braid to help against it.
First of all when you spool the line try to keep it tight as you reel in on. What usually happens is when your reeling in a smaller lure the braid comes back onto the spool looser and then one cast you hook a fish with about 20 yards out and when you set the hook the braid digs into the looser spooled line below it. The next cast when the braid reaches that 20yd mark the braid had dug into and the line stops flowing off the reel and your lure "jerks" it and that makes the spool start letting off line again faster then the result is a backlash.
When I spool new braid on the first time I take it out on the water I put on a my largest lure that is heavy and bulky and cast my line down the bank as far as I can then I walk up the bank (away from the cast direction) letting off more line as I walk until I have let out about 100 yds.
Now I start reeling that lure in as fast as I can with my rod tip right down next to the water. This makes the braid WET and the tension from reeling that lure so hard puts the line on the spool very tight.
This always seems to help my braid not backlash.
Also you might need to learn a new Knot to tie. Traditional knots used on mono or fluorocarbon don't seem to hold well on braided line.
I use this one.
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First of all when you spool the line try to keep it tight as you reel in on. What usually happens is when your reeling in a smaller lure the braid comes back onto the spool looser and then one cast you hook a fish with about 20 yards out and when you set the hook the braid digs into the looser spooled line below it. The next cast when the braid reaches that 20yd mark the braid had dug into and the line stops flowing off the reel and your lure "jerks" it and that makes the spool start letting off line again faster then the result is a backlash.
When I spool new braid on the first time I take it out on the water I put on a my largest lure that is heavy and bulky and cast my line down the bank as far as I can then I walk up the bank (away from the cast direction) letting off more line as I walk until I have let out about 100 yds.
Now I start reeling that lure in as fast as I can with my rod tip right down next to the water. This makes the braid WET and the tension from reeling that lure so hard puts the line on the spool very tight.
This always seems to help my braid not backlash.
Also you might need to learn a new Knot to tie. Traditional knots used on mono or fluorocarbon don't seem to hold well on braided line.
I use this one.
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