This week, we're wrapping up our recent series of ezines on jig fishing. Let's start with lines.
Braided lines are super thin, strong and cut weeds like a sharp lawnmower.
Think nothing of using 30 or 45 pound test braid in heavy weeds. It's thinner than 20 lb. For deep vertical jigging, braided lines that test from 12 to 20 lbs have equivalent thinness of 6 to 8 lb. For flipping and pitching into abrasive brush and wood cover, fluorocarbons like Yamamoto's Sugoi Flippin' Line are thicker and tougher-skinned than mono. Fluoro's low-stretch gives you a slightly quicker, more solid hookset.