On a serious note Marc it's not a case of " I've always used mono and I'm not changing now". I have tried the stuff and I have found no positives at all in the fishing I do, hopeless on a multiplier, tangles and air knots that are impossible to get out if you let any slack go and it cuts your hands to ribbons with any kind of snag. It is said that you feel the fish more but to me without that bit give in the line it gives the fish much more chance of shaking itself loose, more sporting in giving the fish a chance to get away but personally I don't want them to get away. Useless for float fishing, the stop knot cuts off and the tangles when chucking out are infuriating. It may be of some use for light spinning but I don't do much of it anyway. Night fishing is a nightmare with it and trying to tie knots with cold wet hands is almost impossible.
I know fixed spools and braid are very de rigueur at the minute but I honestly think it's a fad and the majority will go back to mono, if they don't hopefully the manufacturers will put down the price of the mono.
And another thing, how can the manufacturers justify the price of what is basically thread? daylight robbery.
I'm expecting to be hammered now but for the fishing that I do I have found no plusses at all to using braid over mono.
