I still fish wire and rely on it singing to me to let me know a fish is on...when I'm looking the other way. Something that no one has talked about....honest answers guys...how many of you using braid have a few fish pop you off and you don't notice it until after the rod has popped free of the rigger? I may have had one this year because it smashed it and popped it on the initial strike...otherwise I was on them before they released...because I either heard the wire pitch change or sometimes just sensed it.