I used the 6lb Cajun Red for white perch when it first came out and never bought any more of it for the same reasons but on a spinning reel. For my jig poles now I use Stren in the hi vis yellow and tie a 2' leader on it so I can see the yellow line move. I started thinking about that red line and how it was supposed to disappear under water because red is the first color that 'goes' when you get down to a certain depth, i.e. red snapper don't look red at all past about 10' down. Then I started thinking that lure makers were selling bleeding shad and bleeding mullet with red stripes on it to appear it was bleeding. Well, you can't have it both ways, you can't say red line disappears and red spots on a bait make it look attractive to fish underwater. To answer your question, I use 8lb diameter 30 lb test braid now for saltwater and tie a 2' 30 lb. fluorocarbon leader on the end.
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