I have been off and on throwing braided line for the last year. I do throw it on top water, starting throwing it on senkos last year, as well as spinner baits. My only problem is I don't have enough reels to keep it spooled all the time (I don't want to fish as many braided setups at berryessa for instance, Mark...have any more curado's for sale?). I found that my hook up ratio is a lot higher with braided line and when ripping the spinner bait off of tullies and through the weeds, I believe I feel a lot more then I used to. I will ususally throw frogs/buzzbaits/spooks on 65 lb, pretty much 50 lb for the rest.

-- Josh