i use fireline almost on every rod but i allways use a vanish leader with it about 2 foot long

2 reasons

1 the fish can see the line
2 since fire line has no stretch i have riped the hooks out on hard hits and hard hook sets the vanish acts as a shock absorber


i love fire line and how i can feel everything combo that with an im7 rod and your feel for lite bites will go up and more fish will be caught

 

Same as what fishingful said, use a few feet of flourocarbon leader. Tie it on to your fireline with a line-to-line uni knot. Here's a site that shows you how to tie the knot, it's easy after you've done it a few times.
http://www.in-fisherman.com/magazine/guides/cg2003Sp_Uniknot/

Brian

 

I'm no sauger expert, but typically they live in fairly turbid water (ex. Ohio River) and even a sauger is limited to a a very short distance of visability. Sauger feed in these conditions by "sampling". If they feel resistence from a line that has no stretch they may spit the bait. Like the other guys said, tie a mono or floro leader on and see if it makes a difference.

Tim

 

I used the surgeon's knot when tying my 8# vanish transition(about 100y) to my 14lb braided stren(50y). I was running low on braid (couldn't get a full cast fishing from shore at erie). but fishing the river i never make it to the braid. I realized the knot sticks out a bit when i tied it. was it a bad idea?

 

i never fish braid without a mono or floro leader
like others said fish dont see it
provides a little strech
easy to break snagged baits off
the main reason is so i dont leave the worlds worst snag on the bottom, i stopped using braid except when jigging for winter eyes, it is not need for the large majority of fishing presentations and i am sick of loosing baits to an idiots mistake
btw, i cut some 60&80lb powerpro off logs this year in small park lakes, why one earth would you need that for bass?