Thread: Worth fighting the lettuce for these snapper

Originally Posted by stingray

Nylon has alot more strech / give in it than braid, so when you load your rod to cast nylon will strech and still have some give in it where braid comes up tight/hard and becomes like a knife also this helps with not point loading you rod.. ie when striking or pulling on snag nylon has will give a liitle where braid won't. so you wont rip the hook out of the fishes gum / lips.

When people talk about a shock leader thats is about 20 - 30foot of nylon tied to the end of the braid. (others will be able to explain better... But a tip i have for surfcasting even when using Nylon is use a slice if old bike inner tube over your casting / trigger finger or some eletrical tape this will cut down the abrasion / cuts you get with mutiple casting.

Ah yes got ya. I only use braid on my jigging rig and soft bait rig, jigging doesnt get cast so no issues, soft bait is light as so no issues with load.
I learnt a lesson that day so wont be casting with that sort of rigour without thinking it through