need some advice on braid

[jhcabs]

I'm going to give braid a go for the first time and i was hoping to get some advice from the pro's

I know it can be hard on the fingers but its the stretch that has me more concerned. I'm a shore angler and was thinking of getting 30lb braid, with a 60lb mono shock leader. usual 60lb rig body and 15 pound snoods.

I have heard that while feel and bite indication can be much improved, striking and big fish landing can be difficult. would the shockleader not give enough stretch and has anyone and expriences or tips they could share.

Thanks

[The Austrian]

your setup seems quite alright in my book, don't think you have to worry about it, most of the cushioning work is done by your rod anyway, provided it's not a brute of a broomstick

[roger de dodger]

a tapered shockleader will give you a longer mono shock absorber and also you will have the knot well on the reel when your fish gets to the last wave giving you a better chance of landing it,if you do use one take off some of the thinner line and do your knot where it gets to about 25 lb breaking strain,if the leader is 16 to 60 lb a knot in 16 lb mono will snap at about 12lb pressure as the knot weekens the mono ,not ideal if you have a 30lb main line oh yea check your knot by wrapping the braid around your shoe a few times and give a good tug on the mono ,in my experience one knot in every 5 or 6 will fail (down to human error)better to fail at home than with a decent fish on!