hi there, i was wandering if any one had any thoughts on this subject, i was fishin last night with pal he was on 4lb mono and had a 9lber then lost 1 so went to 8lb mono, he caught 3 good size fish an lost 1 and had 2 pull out so u could say he saw plenty of interrest, while say 30 yards upstream i was on coated braid and didn,t get 1 bite. i sort of wanted to stand by the braid feelin that the problem was me being 30yards upstream thus the fish coming upstream were findin his bait and feeder 1st, so i moved down stream 100yards an still no bite, i left very unhappy an confused. we fished same method 3glued 10mm pellets with groundbait in feeder,only diference was hooklength, he is convinced that the braid was simply to detectable/noticeable hence no bites, and i feel this is probably right, but if it is right how com so many people use braid hooklink and get plenty, any comments greatly .appriciated.1 more thing ,, i did peel the coatin back maybe1 inch above hook, so i could basicly tie the knotless knot. we fished severn near shrewsbury,water was slightly coloured and falling but had a acouple foot on from nsl.thanks in advance.warren
all points and veiws taken on board
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. This is an old chestnut, and one that I won't get involved in! This club has always been match orintated, and it's an argument I've only heard from matchmen (not all of them share that view by any means, and I've no doubt there are pleasure anglers who have the same view). My own view is, if the use of braid was deem'd to be anymore harmful than any other line then the specialist groups, such as the B.C.C, B.S the poster's on sites like B.F.W. would have made their view's known a long time ago! On the subject of fish being tethered---A good example was yesterday when Malc got snagged (using mono) we had to wrap it around a stick and walk back a good ten paces to snap it because of the stretch, and it had cut quite deeply into the stick when it finally snapped. So the case is made that 
