flipping line- braid vs. mono

A friend and I were fishing this past weekend on pool 9. We were flipping a variety of craw type baits. Caught alot of fish. My friend was using braid and I was using momo. He actually outfished me using braid. He was using 65# moss green powerpro compared to my Big Game 20# mono. We were fishing stumps and laydowns mixed in with alot of grass. The water was from semi stained to stained water. You could see your bait down in the water around 4 or 5 inches. He liked the senseitivity of braid and the strength. He did say the braid had a tendancy to wrap around the tip of his rod sometimes. I was using mono thinking braid would be noticed to much espcially 65# powerpro. So that shows you a guy can get away with using braid and not worry much about the lack of bites. Just wondering what everyone else choses to use and why. Thanks!!

It’s like you said..you could only see the bait 4 or 5 inches down. In that dirty of water, and pool 9 is very dirty right now in comparison to pool 8, you really don’t need invisible lines. I use braid once in a while for flipping and pitching and honestly have not noticed much difference in the ammount of bites I get. It all depends on whether you like the feel of it or not. I only use braid when I am flipping heavy wood or grass.
I used to use mono for most applications of pitching, but now I am using 15 lb flouro coated P-line and the stuff is great.

When Dad and I used to fish for largemouth on some local lakes we always used braid. Just from the fact that we liked to flip into trees and the strength helped get those pigs out of there in a hurry. We used 20 lb, what you have to remember is that braid is much thinner than mono so it is harder to see, especially dark colors in dirty water. The sensivity is also a great advantage.

Just remember when using braided line has no stretch so you have to loosen your drag up a ton for hooksets until you get used to it; also if the fish decides to jump then you have to drop your rod tip a little to give it some loose line. Or you can compensate for that by going to a lighter action rod.

Hope that helps.

braid for heavey cover and mono for less cover.

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When Dad and I used to fish for largemouth on some local lakes we always used braid. Just from the fact that we liked to flip into trees and the strength helped get those pigs out of there in a hurry. We used 20 lb, what you have to remember is that braid is much thinner than mono so it is harder to see, especially dark colors in dirty water. The sensivity is also a great advantage.

Just remember when using braided line has no stretch so you have to loosen your drag up a ton for hooksets until you get used to it; also if the fish decides to jump then you have to drop your rod tip a little to give it some loose line. Or you can compensate for that by going to a lighter action rod.
Hope that helps.

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i disagree on loosening up your drag. when flipping/pitching any kind of cover, especially with a texas rigged plastic or jig, you want to get the hook into the fish and get him outta the cover ASAP before he wraps you up. if you loosen up your drag and set the hook with any force whatsoever, your drag will slip and you probably won’t get the hook into the fish.

if you’re thinking about possibly tearing the hook out on the hookset because you have next to zero stretch, i dont think you have anythign to worry about. you have have remember you’re fishing with a large, single hook, which is very hard to tear out on a hookset. Trebles yes, large single hook, no.

it’s 50 lb Stren Superbraid for me pitching jigs. You can feel everything, and especially with all this wind we’ve had lately, thats key.