tonya
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I gather it is a bad idea to have braid mainline straight through, Is that so?
Braid mainline
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sam vimes
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Depends who you talk to. I will never us a braid designed as mainline as a hooklink material. However, the reality of my fishing is that, where I do use braid as a mainline, it's usually in conjunction with a mono or fluoro hooklink.
barbelboi
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tonya
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Yes, by straight through, I meant without a leader but I would use a mono hooklength.
thecrow
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Depends on where you are fishing, braid doesn't like snags particularly rocks.
sam vimes
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Whether you need to use a leader depends on the method, distance, weight being cast and diameter of the mainline braid being used. There's no real need for a leader unless you are trying to chuck relatively large leads a long way on relatively low diameter braid. Some folks dispute this, but I suspect that it's as much down to popular myth as actual experience.