Cutty fish are strong

[DaveS]

Originally Posted by Nebe

how long was your leader slip? once i started using leaders that were 12 to 15 feel long i never bent a hook or ripped out a hook... hook to land ratio was almost 100%

Eben hit the nail on the head As we all know braid has zero stretch, thats good for detecting hits, but sometimes bad for landing them. I believe that once the hook is buried good into the jaw, the lack of stretch can do several things. One, it can wear a hole in their jaw to the point of the hook falling out completley, or it can cause so much strain on the hook that it just plain straightens out due to the pressure.

Think of your line as the shock absorbers on your car or truck. Mono would be a set of nice new shocks, taking the bumps and potholes with ease distributing the ride evenly over the under-carriage of the car, while braided line is a set of bad shocks in a 1978 Ford F-150, you feel every bump and pothole and soon need front end work. Not only do I believe the braided line - no stretch theory causes you to loose fish and straighten hooks, I feel it's the main cause of rods breaking and damaging reels. When monofilament was king, I never broke a rod on a hook set or while fighting a fish, however I have broken 3 rods using braid, and destroyed two 706z's.

Our over-confidence in the braided line's strength leads us to believe that we can just winch our fish in like Superman. I'm gonna try the Yozuri Hybrid line next weekend on my trip to Rhody and see how it behaves.