When using braid for conventional gear it is choice of type or brand. Some braids are not round and they have a tendancy to dig into the reel after catching a good fish - the round braids don't do that. Some reels will give you fits if you use a real small lb. test line. If you cast a small diameter line in the high wind you will have to be careful of the cast - keep it low and thumb it down or it will backlash and then you will have a hell of a time picking the line out. I have found that I have to pay attention to a retrieve when thumbing braid back on the reel without a levelwind. If you allow the line to pack unevenly you are asking for a backlash.
with all that bullsh-- I fish only conventional gear and all reels are loaded with braid. The only tip I can offer is that you use a mono leader that comes back to the reel and makes a few wraps on the reel. It takes the shock of a cast with heavy jigs and saves the gear from the strain due to lack of stretch. It also saves the line and gear when you hang up and have to break off donating lead to the canal god.
Anyone try the new Berkley braid?
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