>>954219Yeah I quickly learned the split tails aren't good for swimmin. But even trying to fish them like a jerkbait, I prefer the paddle tails if I'm going to keep them off the bottom. The split tails are fine on drop shots or even a T-rig or shakey head because then it looks like a baitfish digging it's nose into the bottom.
>>954221Eh, it all depends where you are fishing. Unless it's really rocky, the braid normally works fine. If you are running the 30lb braid and going into heavy cover, I wouldn't even run the 8lb leader because that is a huge drop in strength. 30lb will pull through a whole lot more weeds than 8lb. If you don't have to go through thick weeds and want to run a lighter flouro leader, go for it.
