I was about to make a post about this until I saw yours. I've tried it all and my thought is braid is to sensitive I seem to jerk it away from them and they don't get the bait and that surge at the boat will break your heart. Flurocarbon is great if your a pro and someone gives it to you. I bought a 2000 yeard spool in Feb and I'm out already. It seems that the stress from crankbaits or traps rippin lose makes the line brittle and you have to switch it out alot. If you have the money thats the way to go. If you look at Fritts, Coble, or Wright they all say 10 lb stren or sufix. Thats all I need to know. Also a lot of the older crankbait locals on Guntersville all say mono so I believe I'm going back in time and go old school because braid and fluro ain't for me. I think I'm going to the Sufix Deep Crankin Line. Its mono that acts like fluro.

Alex