Mono vs Braid?

[Nebe]

After much thought on this i have this to say-

braid is great for fishing

mono is great for catching

[SirWinston]

Very happy with the Fireline Crystal - much better than last year's fireline, with none of the powder coming off on the hands and tattiness of the line (after two outings!)
I always manually tighten the line when I close the bail, and haven't had any wind knots yet.

I currently have 30 lb loaded on the reel with a 50 lb mono leader, with no complaints. On one hang-up it was the leader that had a clean break. Surprised the hell out of me.

I had been thinking of trying the Berkley braid, but could not find it being sold anywhere at the start of the season. Come to think about it, still haven't seen it!

[ridler72]

I have a love hate relationship with braid. Love the fight with braid especially the noise Power Pro throws out and sensitivity but don't like losing monsters in boulder fields, even with leaders. I went back to co-polymore lines and some flourocoated especially around the rocks. Clear lines have come a long way, glad I'm back. I now use braid for light tackle fishing only on small spinners and baitcasters.

[Squibby17]

Originally Posted by Nebe

After much thought on this i have this to say-

braid is great for fishing

mono is great for catching

Nebe I would love for you to devulge a little of your reasoning for this statement as I know you fish often

Also I have several rods but pretty much fish two different reels. A Penn 650 and a Penn 440. I've heard that you can't fish a 440 with braid because it doesn't spool correctly, maybe it has to do with the roller, anyone found this to be true?

It seems as though I might stay with mono on the 650 because I often fish boulder fields in the surf but I would go for braid on the 440 which I use for chasing albies and top water stuff.