are you using a leader. braid really needs one if your around any rocks or structure at all. i use swivels as a connector from braid to mono on my spinning setups and a breakaway or snap/swivel to the plug. even on my ultralight setups i've moved up to 40# braid to avoid the windknots. as far as the finger, pick up a roll of hockey tape. for a leader - 50# mono. most of the time the water up here isn't very clear and stripers for the most part aren't very line shy
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