Thread: Surfcasting : Braid vs Mono

For surf fishing definitely mono, I like to run 30lb mono with a 50lb shock leader to take the force of casting.

Most surfcasting reels (ones sold for surf casting, you can upgrade to a saltiga) don’t have very grunty gears so the shock that braid can deliver can strip them as it has no stretch and all the force goes straight onto the gears.

If chasing big sharks or kingis and need more line on the spool I run 100m of mono over 400m of 50lb braid for backing as it takes up less space on the spool.

Just straight mono for most of our other surf fishing.


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