I always watch the trends in color for spoons or sticks and just go with your gut as long as it is not over 48 hrs. old..... For the use of braid for dipsy's I use braid as a main line with fluoro. or mono. leaders with the same for jets also. As for sticks/cranks I usually
put on a snap and pull them with them direct with the braid. Most people consider me somewhat of a dog at times I have began dusting myself with flea powder to control those fleas (?)..

Gene