If you try copper use only the silver colored coated super copper. The non coated copper is real hard to work with. With my leadcore I am going to use a piece of mono between the Braided line and the leadcore to clip the boards to. I had trouble last year with braid on boards because it is so slippery. I had been using Stren Sonic Braid. I have been looking at the new suffex Brand braid with gore fibers. It looks real smooth and round.