I've found braid to be easier to untangle than mono, and it has no strength weakening kinks after a bad tangle. With that said there are only three types of tangles I have had using super-braid. The first is a rod-tip-wrap. Allowing slack in this line can easily cause the line to jump up and around your rod tip. Simply keep reasonable tension on the line or watch it if you let it go slack and this will not be a problem. Also, the lighter lines like 8 and 10 pound seem to have less trouble with this than do the larger 15 and 20 pound test. The second type is if you get some sort of a bind in your trolling rig and you begin to spin your line, like a failed swivel or a caught blade or something, it will want to spin line up like a wool spinners yarn on a wheel. This happens with either mono or super-braids but with the braids the wraps seem to be tighter and harder to see. Not hard to get out, usually just pull the line nice and easy and it just comes right out. Be sure and correct the hardware problem that caused this also. Again the advantage in this is that this line will not kink even when pulled tight, just make sure you don't make any knots when you're doing it. The third kind of tangle is one called a back-lash or a bird's nest, not uncommon for those of us who've used level-wind casting reels out on the steelhead river. With this kind of a tangle, I would prefer super-braids over mono 100:1. I've always found that it is much easier to get the tangle out with the braids. First, there's no pinching damage done to your line if it gets bound. Second there will be no kinks, even if that cast hooked good just as that big heavy weight was still flying fast and hard. Second, you don't suffer the friction heat from the line sliding past itself that you do with mono. Think about mono against mono, a friction builder. Now think about the braided stuff sliding effortlessly past itself, almost completely friction free. This leads to another little advantage that I incidentally found with braids. I have some friends that fish a little too competatively, (aggresively), with me and are not above crossing lines with me, sometimes by accident but other times on purpose. If mono lines are crossed and someone sets a hook quickly, the line that comes in contact with that fast moving mono melts in two and parts company. They quit doing this when I went to braided line. They started to lose their $5 lures instead of me losing mine.
SuperD, I'm sure you have things figured out really well for yourself and I'm sure it works very well for you. But for me, you could not talk me into ever going back to mono, braided just has all the advantages. Not without some realization of the differences though, they don't function exactly the same. I would definately not discourage someone from trying braided line. Worst case is they don't like it and then go back to mono. And mono is definately cheaper to buy. Of course, with mono I tend to lose a lot more tackle and, you are wise to replace it every year or two, or more if you fish a lot. With braid, I'm still using some stuff that's over 10 years old and not losing a single lure because of it. You definitely have to use it a little while though before you can really see all the gains. And you do have to accept the fact that it is not mono and will not perform like mono. But being different in its characteristics does in no way make it inferior. Just don't give up on it the first time it challenges you, it's usually operator error and with just a little practice you learn how not to let that happen again.
For me, I like whatever works. And practicallity is what works best for me. If any of you have had bad experience with stacking braids, please let me know, and tell me what you believe caused it also. Thanks.
