On May 2, 2:27*pm, Richard Casady wrote:
On Sat, 2 May 2009 06:32:25 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Mono is more forgiving, it stretches instead of breaking.

Not really. Either the leader or the main line will break at whatever
it breaks at.

Nope, knots, kinks, etc. can and does affect the tinsel strength.
The abilitity of the line to stretch before failure can save a lot of
lures. Think in terms of a short cycle of overloading versus a
constant overloading.