Does Braid Cast Farther Than Mono? Find Out Here [Casting Contest] 

Braid is a lot more sensitive while the lure is in the water. That's the real advantage. The fact that it casts just a little bit better is icing on the cake.

this type of video is fun. i guess it really depends on our experience on the gear we use. i prefer mono because its easy to manage n it casts out pretty fair as well where as braid i had so much trouble instead of fish. the worse experience i had with braid r windknots that keep on getting caught on my guides and tangles too.

Thanks for spending your time creating these tests...and thanks for the gained info, my Friend!

Braid + flo leader = deadly. All thanks to Salt Strong, my fishing experiences are totally different compared to past 15 yrs. From my experiences, braid casts noticeably further, also knowing i have heavier # lines, i have a lot more confident when I hook a 30"+ fish

This was very help ful thank you so much

Only had mono, bought braid and was too lazy to spool, but now. I will do it and switch :). Thx

Hey those casts were all very consistent👍 Would be interested to see how wetted line does. I’ve noticed mono casts better for me after the spool has taken on a bit of water. Can’t speak to braid as I’ve just started using it but on the last trip the same seemed to be true, seemed more lubricious than when dry. Not saying it cast further but it seemed smoother.

I'll keep my mono and forfeit 10ft. for easy knots I can tie in the dark during heavy wind with my eyes closed and.......more abrasion resistance.

Good comparison, thanks for that

Excellent! Would you consider doing this test again using spinning vs baitcasting reels ? It's been something I've been trying to experiment on but I don't have equal reels of both types. Cheers

Very well explained and informative video, keep the good work on * Thumbs Up*

Thank u for your testing.

Thank's for this kind of videos, even if in the end i come up with even more doubts about which line to choose :D

Very interesting. I also have two identical rod and real combinations that both had mono on them. Today, I decided to switch one to braid. They will both be 10 lb test. I am going to put black friction tape on the reel that will be for the braid. That way, I shouldn't have any problems tying the braid directly to the reel.

Thank you for this great video,, amazing

Great video!! Thanks

Love that rod reel combo

Just wondering if there would be an advantage to using all fluorocarbon versus braid and floor carbon leader and when you use the combination how long of a leader do you use thank you

Can you compare the hybrid braid verses regular braid? I heard the hybrid or coated braid will cast further.

I've been in situations throwing heavy bucktails in swift current and heavy wind. Braid is SUPERB for this. It just slices through the air and current, as long as you haven't oversized it. I prefer lighter lines obviously

I think it's diameter of the line rather than the type. The same braid lb as mono or fluoro will have a smaller diameter. To make this truly accurate, you should throw the mono or fluoro of equivalent diameter to the braid. Personally, still think braid will win due to it's lack of memory.

i love braid for topwater because it allows me to cover more water,give my lure better action because its lite,and gives me more control over my lure and nothing gets away not even a beaver lol

I hated braid when I first used it once I learned it was a no brainer 15 yrs using it never going back to mono, the feeling , casting and many other advantages made me a believer.

Can you test the difference between the regular braid and the upgraded braid? So regular power pro and the power pro super slick. And then do that with ohero regular and ohero adrenaline. Also throw suffix 832 in there

Many years ago, there was a situation that showed me the value of no-stretch line. This was before modern braid ... the line in questin was braided, but with Dacron ... old-style bait-casting line. Another angler was using a bait-casting reel, a very long rod ( 7-8 ft. ) and thin Dacron line to toss shrimp with a 1 oz sliding sinker far out into a moving tide off a secondary point. He was able to catch a bucket full of sheepshead in less than an hour, one after the other. I was throwing the same bait and terminal rig, but with 14 lb mono on an 8 ft. Spinning rod, and couldn't hook a single one. The difference was the line stretch. Couldn't feel them take the bait, much less hook them. A very frustrating experience.

i love the idea and yhe fact you tested this out. this ooens door for many others to really try it but from your evidence, a distance that far from casting and how close the braid and mono were, there isnt much of a difference. 10 feet looked like the same from closest braid to furthest braid compared to mono. both mono and braid pockets just overlapped by 4 or 51 feet. in my opinion, both are pretty on the money. also considering how spread thr braid was compared to mono which had tight pockets. your final observation seem to lean towards braid in a positive manner though. just a broke, amateurs opinion. :) i hope to see more of these though like fc vs braid vs mono

Thank You.

I THINK THERE WOULD BE A FAR GREATER DIFFERENCE AS YOU GO UP IN LINE DIAMETER

Hi, love your videos, can you test godline braids?

wish u had done a test with a leader on the braid, alot uses flourocarbon on the end.

braid should go further because it has less wind drag due to smaller diameter and the slick 8 braid goes even further due to less drag coming off the reel and through the rod eyelets. I cast long distance and use 30# slick8 power pro getting around 400+ feet using a 4oz lure.

Thank you

Please try a test with both lines are wet... Thank you...

The difference shows up even more as you go up in # test. 30 vs. 30 - the difference is massive.

What pound test were you using. 40lb test in braid is equal in diameter to 8 pound mono

Was both lines the same breaking strength asy 10lbs each ?

Was the tension the same on braid and mono

Braid is a horror in the wind,especially in lines that test under 20 lbs.Mono cuts through wind far better than braid,a cross wind will billow braid forming a deep U in the cast and robbing you of more than the 7% distance you gain using it.You also need a mono or fluoro leader as well and knotting the two together can be difficult. In freshwater Tri-lene is supple and doesn't twist as readily as other brands, in salt Ande gets the nod.I do use braids of 20 and 30 lb test on surf rigs when using lures in agreeable weather, but mono otherwise.

Which is good cast net? Mono or nylon(braid)?

I have the braid hi-vis yellow ultra slick have you got around to testing it yet? Would loved to know if it's worth the extra money over stock power pro green. Thanks for all your hard work

There is a Spider Braid I use. 65/30 stealth. 65lb Test at 30lb Mono Dia. I've not had a catfish get away and I can still load a ton of line on my baitcaster where I had been useing 95lb braid and was only able to load 130-150 yards where now I have 250ish yards if not more loaded.

Hi what knots will work with braided line thanks 😊

Casting rate depends on the line diameter not the test! 10lb can be from 0.5mm to 0.25mm depends on manufacture and etc, so your mono can be 0.25 and braided 0.10 then of course braided will cast longer distance as it’s much thinner. Nice video!

what was the Lbs line test... was the rod a light medium ?? What was the weight oz ?? needs specs...

what was the difference in 4 carrier braid vs 8 carrier braid?

I think mono casts farther . I mainly just us braid as a filler . Mono holds up so much better under abrasive conditions . The downfall to me is I fish so much that I usually change my line about ever 3 months . So started using braid as a back so could change less line when I had to change it . I have went to braid a few times in my almost 50 years of fishing . i always return to mono .

We're you using the same # test line on both? I use both braid and mono of the same pound test surf casting and the braid definitely goes farther.

Is this at Davis island in Tampa?

Have to look at line diameter, what diameter where the lines

Good video, i have a question, If the braid got soaked would it still go further or not? i think not. What do you think?? Cheers

Berkley nanofil, is the best and longest casting line. I notice a extra twenty feet without a effort .

Thank you never used braid, I just bought a couple of brand of braid can you tell me what is the best braid on 10lb to 12 lb, thanks foe the info very interesting.

I use power pro braid with a 4-5ft flouro leader.

Seaguar Smack Down braided line is the Shiz-nit! Once you use it all other braided line just is junk. It casts unbelievable. Give it a try. It's pricey but well worth the money. Buy from Tackle warehouse before Christmas and you can get it for around 20 bucks.

bullet sinker pulls your line like a freight truck, be it braid or mono. try casting lighter lures with more air resistance. then you will start to see some noticable difference.

Braid is my favorite but i hate it when fishing rocky bottoms one little knick in the line can cost you a big fish

Are you matching the weight of the line or the diameter of the line to each other from braided to Mono? Because when I fish with braided 20 lb fishing line set up with a sinker weight that's a quarter ounce on a crappie setup court system was about 2 feet of fluorocarbon and a nice size shrimp I'm getting a hundred plus yards on a cast using an 8-foot rod

Braid for spinning, both for baitcasting/conventional

Try brave fisherman braid, can get it on amazon. I use their 80lb on my big catfish rigs, sadly since I switched I haven’t been able to get any 40+ pound river flatheads to put it through it’s paces. Figure if you can use it for saltwater fishing or whatever you do I can use it to jerk flathead catfish out of logjams with no worries. Only got one rig spooled up with it as of now

test casting distance for baitcaster vs spinning

One can further ones ideals. A surf caster will try to cast farther. (further/farther) Nice observation about feeling more with the braid.

Am I the only person that uses braid spool with mono leader?

I loaded my penn 4000 with 20lb mono and was casting to the knot with a surface plug. Not good. I respooled with 20lb braid which has a thinner diameter and was able to load much more line. Plenty of line left on the reel now after my longest cast. That alone made me switch to braid.

I think a practical lure would be better for the test, a 1/4 jig or a mirrorlure. The weight of those sinks makes for bigger difference. Braid is great but wind and nightime are 2 big enemies of it, at least for me.

Please test Diawa's J-Braid vs. Spiderwire Invisibraid. And perhaps Seaguar Smackdown. Thanks!

Hey love the video they are called bank sinkers

I think there is a larger point not brought out - you've demonstrated in other tests that braid has twice the strength of its rating - that is, 10lb braid breaks at around 20lb of force. If we assume mono is approximately = to its rated strength (is this correct?), then I could switch instead to 5 lb braid and have the same breaking strength as the 10 lb mono, but pick up quite a bit of additional casting distance. In fact this is what I've done on several of my rods - Power Pro makes a 5 lb and it casts amazingly well, and is very strong. I wouldn't dream of using 4 or 6 lb mono in situations I now throw the 5lb braid in with confidence.

I would like to see you try Vicious brand mono line vs other brands . I have started using that line and it seems to cast farther than other lines of the same weight .

I use both. Theres a better option for each situation.

With a light bait, the difference would have been way more.. that big weight helped the mono cast compared to like a free lined shrimp.. and especially if you went say 20# braid: to 20lb mono

I use trilene low vis green 8 lb mono best stuff I’ve ever used🤙🏼

Great video, although it was a bit misleading because the video did not include the fact about line diameter vs. Line type. I just reread the description. Lol Maybe in a future experiment, you can match the THICKNESS of the lines. I've been fishing Berkley 4# mono for trout and panfish for a few seasons, and it easily outcasts the thinnest braid, Berkley Fireline 10#. The reason I choose braid applications is for the strength, not distance. P.S. Pline CX original is super thin mono/copolymer line. (4#)

I might have missed this in the video, but are you using equal diameter braid and mono, or equal poundage?

What is the best mono to use I’ve been having trouble with knots and abrasion

You should do power pro V.S. Spider wire stealth

Test KastKing braids. They have a few different types. Their 9 stranded superkast braid is supposed to cast further than most.

good test.

What is the benefits of fishing with braided line if there is any

I tried (think it was spider wire) years ago…it seemed like it had more friction (especially in muddy waters) and tore up guides/eyelets way faster…I liked the freed-back…but in the end I went back to mono…maybe it’s improved since then (it’s been nearly 20 years-lol)

Bro, your mistake is that you didn't check after braid getting wet in water , It was lighter because remained dry . Try after dip it in water and see . Your experiment is wrong

Hello bro how much price is orgnal fishinf rod

What are the chances of seeing a test between the Shimano Vanford and the Shamano Curado DC ,, I am wanting another Rod & Reel ,, distance casting being the goal ,, for lighter lures like the Matrix Mullet :) I know rod and reel set ups would be different ,, the end goal would be what set up throws the bait the longest ,,

I'm pretty sure the difference in distance and accuracy would increase w a lure because of its awkwardness in flight. A lead will bomb on anything but a lure exxaggerates the performance differences... As a side note Super Slick will far outperform regular Power Pro.

How about testing the amazing stroft gtp type s2 or s3 green ( has to be the green one) .....vs your favourite braid....I must warn you stroft costs a buck or two but in my opinion is worth it...best braid I have ever used for my "seafishing" fishing in the ocean except the Irish call it a sea lol.

Try florocarbon Nylon fishing line vs monofilament fishing line and cast further without breaking.

While your out testing the next time see if line conditioners on mono work for casting farther. Like say Keven VD's line and lure conditioner? just a thought.

Power pro vs suffix? Vs spiderwire?

I do a lot of light line trout fishing and mono casts small baits farther with less forcenin the cast all day long every time.

Using 10 lb braid on a bait caster is it better to use a 7ft or 8ft pole for casting distance?

I was questioned by patrolling police, as to why I was the only one catching trout. I explained my setup which was NOT what most anglers were using.. I explained that with my 10lb Power Pro line and a 1oz sinker with a standard high-low rig, I was able to see when the trout would taste the Power Bait nugget, then prepare myself for the next strike. They always seem to strike twice before the bait is gone. As soon as a saw the little taste nibble, I would get my rod in my hand, ready for hook-set. This worked so well that some of the other anglers, told the police, who was checking licences, that I was the only one catching anything. The officer came out of his car and said, "They had been complaints about you".. I asked what complaints? He said "That you're the only one catching anything. What are you doing that the other guys are not?". So I laughed it off, showed him my almost filled bucket and explained my setup. I never had this type if sensitivity and distance using mono - Not to mention, no line memory, so there no coil of mono in the water before taking up slack in the line. Now all my rods (18 in total) have braided line. From 10lb fresh and salt water fishing, to 60lb beach rods. Later that day, I had 5 other fishermen come by to ask about my setup. Granted,, taking out any knots in mono is far easier than braided line, but you can't have it all..

Do this again with same line diameters, thats a fair comparisson.

My concern would be, is that the same weight of a lure you’d be throwing? A lighter lure might pull the braid out easier, maybe try one of your slam shady lures

What pound test in each line did you do this test ?

Is the test on 10 lbs lines or diameter equivalent, in the line chart a .009 (inch) thickness is a 65 lbs in braid but a 16 lbs in mono.

Mono stretches during cast losing some of the energy both during rod charge and right after when the rod returns the energy to the line.

Great info thanks...always mono for me though

Try Shimano Kairiki braid! 37.4 kb test with only 0.2mm diameter. It does not get better than that

Great test. I would like to see a heavier weight tested the same way....say 30 lb test. My guess is braid would be much greater than mono that was indicated int he 10 lb. test. Thanks for all the reporting and sharing you provide.

I dunno man... obviously the line helps with distance. But sometimes it's the reel I think. I bought my a cheap ass ugly stik gx2 6'6" combo. I put 10lb stren original mono on it. That thing casts a damn mile, certainly more than mine and I use a high end rod, reel, and braided line.

It really all comes down to the diameter of the line u buy lighter line ur getting further casting ability braid gives u the option to go with a heaver pound test with a lighter diameter if u use both braid an mono with the same diameter there both going to cast similar but it u do 30 pound braid vs 30 pound mono u will get a further cast with braid due to diameter of the line I personally love braid mono still has its place in fishing it just depends on what u like