Thread: Worth fighting the lettuce for these snapper

Originally Posted by Gibo

Is that so you cast with the mono on your finger? If not dont see how it could help?

yes it is to cast with your finger on mono the one thing I do like about braid for surfcasting is you can detect your bites alot easier, you get your distance that you want for getting into deeper water plus it does not get dragged up the beach in a stron current as much. I fished kawhia harbour the other week one rod had straight mono the other had braid and it was the rod with braid that got all of the hook ups even though they were only small snapper where as the one with mono did not get a single thing apart from being dragged up the beach by the outgoing tide which rips through there pretty strong and the same on the incoming. Sure it does load up the rod more and hook up rates seem to have improved now to see if I can catch some of those sneaky shits with the braid at Whiritoa that seem to elude my line or tease me with nicking my bait lol.