I am making the switch this year to braid on my jigging rods,Suffix 832. I am wondering what you guys that run braid do as fas as leader or tie direct. I am going with the hi vis green. I think I can get away with tying direct on most of the lakes i fish due to water clarity. Have you noticed a differance in the amount of fish caught even in dark water if you tie direct?
I almost always tie on a small swivel with a mono leader to reducse line twist but also for water clarity too. When I fish the miss. river I tie straight bc water clarity is low.
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when pitching jigs I always tie direct with fireline. I’m pitching rocky shorelines for early walleyes, typicaly 1/8 or less and the fireline gives me more feel,having said that I lose a bunch of jigs due to the rocks.
If the water is really clear, I use a fluoro leader. If not, I tie direct. It is very rare that I fish water where I need a leader.
I am like most others, dirty water no leader, clear water I use a Flurocarbon leader tied on with a double uni-knot. I think you will like the sensitivity you gain going to a superline!
I always use a 6-8 ft, 10lb floro leader no matter what the water clarity is. It makes it easier to break the line if you get snagged up. The superlines are pretty tough and can cut your hands up pretty good if you get snagged a lot. And its a confidence thing for me any ways!
I’m not saying anyone here is making this claim but the difference in feel between tying direct and using a short (12-24″) flurocarbon leader has got to be darn near zero.
Someone would have to prove it to me in some sort of test before I would believe any different.
I almost always tie in a 16-20″, 12-20# flurocarbon leader on my superline rods. No swivel for me but that’s probably more because I guide and have clients that like to reel the knot right into & through the line guides at the tip of the rod.
If using a swivel to join these two lines, repeatedly reeling a swivel through your guides and then zinging cast back out will knock the insert out of your line guide.
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I always use a 6-8 ft, 10lb floro leader no matter what the water clarity is. It makes it easier to break the line if you get snagged up. The superlines are pretty tough and can cut your hands up pretty good if you get snagged a lot. And its a confidence thing for me any ways!
That is part of why I like to tie direct is that you don’t break off easily. I like to recover my baits. If you do have to break it off, a couple whips around the boat cleat and a thrust of the trolling motor will get the job done.
Great idea. I can’t tell you how many times I have ended up with cuts on my fingers and hands from trying to break off super lines. 
I don’t fish straight hi-viz braid anymore because I hate tying leaders. I fish black braid if I can get it (can still see it well above the water), otherwise I get the yellow power pro and hit the last 3 feet with a sharpie to make it black.
If you havent heard of that trick, it works awesome. Take an old wide tip sharpie and cut a small V in it with a razor blade. Stick the V over your line and run the sharpie up and down until it is completely covered. I only do the bottom 3 feet. Seems to hold up for a trip or two before I need to hit it again.
It isn’t so much that it’s becuase of the different line, it’s becuase it can change the way I can impart subtle actions to the jigs. Sometimes a softer more fluid motion will induce a better bite.
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I am like most others, dirty water no leader, clear water I use a Flurocarbon leader tied on with a double uni-knot. I think you will like the sensitivity you gain going to a superline!
I like this uni-knot and I found a good link that illustrates it.. for anyone who didn’t know how to..like me
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