Braid vs. Mono

[NIB]

Braid is great stuff.It's smaller diameter an low stretch helps transmit whats going on from the plug to the working end of ur rod much more so than mono.U can feel a fish fart with it.Plus u will add a good 10-20 percent to ur casting distance.The biggest difference u will encouter is the lack of stretch.Because there is basically no give in the line u will have to make some adjustments.A lighter drag will help to keep the hooks in a fishes head.U can always lightly palm the spool if needed.U should probably upgrade any light weight hooks an splitrings as they don't do well under the added strain.I happen to like fireline.Some will go as light as 14 lb test to cast plugs like bombers an small redfins off the beach I use twenty for that application an use 30 lb for larger plugs an rocky area's, as well as fishing the ditch.

[Rockport24]

I just started using power pro this year. I have 30# on my spinner.
My first impressions after only a few trips are this:
love the sensitivity of it, you really feel everything.
aside from a couple of small wind knots, the only real problem I have with it is that when I was running teasers (in front of the plug), the mono teaser leader would twist itself around the main braid line. Kind of annoying, even when I shortened the teaser leader up, it still twisted, but not as bad.
I have a reel with mono for the rocks, I've heard too many bad things about braid and rocks.
Some great advice that I have used is to lighten up on the drag and manually flip the bail after a cast and make sure the line is seated properly on the spool and roller before starting the retrieve.
oh yeah and I can cast a freakin' mile with the stuff.

[Finaddict]

Thanks guys, this is useful information. I welcome any more thoughts on the subject, but this will help me get focused on it.