Question about line sensitivity when flipping

[RonB]

Hi,
I'm a new member from Southwestern Ohio.
I mainly pitch and flip jigs and have a questin about line.
I recently upgraded to a St. Croix Mojo 7 ft MH rod and am using my older first generation Shimano Castaic reel. The line I am using is Berkley XT 12lb. mono.

I tried Fireline once back in the 90's (not sure which lb) and I had a lot of problems with the line digging into the spool. I have read some of the threads and used the search feature some too...just a lot of info here!!
I'm looking for the most sensitive line I can find just for flipping/pitching. I think I'm missing a lot of fish because I dont think I'm detecting the soft hits well enough, especially on the initial fall. I do keep my index finger under the line as it comes out of the reel.

I dont believe in the marketing hype, if that were the case we all would throw everything in our bags away and just have Banjo Minnows and Helicopter lures so....back to the probably most asked question here, just under maybe different situation....how much more sensitive is braid over mono, and what test would you use for flipping pitching. Bear in mind, I am talking about Ohio...I hear about a lot of 5+ fish...just dont see very many. My personal best was 6lb 2oz out of Brookville Lake, Indiana. Mostly see 1lb to 2.5lb fish.

I'm just getting back into bass fishing after a couple year break, bought a new boat,rod, spent a small fortune on bag,jigs,plastic, been fishing 3 times a week for the last month....I might be sleeping in the barn if I don't slow down some lol.

Thanks,
Ron