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Just my thought but I suspect a 4000 size reel for under 10lb is a bit too much!! I've caught bigger pike on a 2000 reel with zero issues... especially if using braid, you can get more line on... I would even hazzard a guess to go down to a 30lb line.

Ya... the monkey... *sigh* LOL!!! ?

Yup I do... I have access to all Sufix lines locally... sounds like that's the way to go... thanks!! I actually am yes... I'll probably grab a couple spare spools and use one for braid down the line. For the most part I will be shore fishing... I don't plan on owning a boat any time soon nor does my buddy own one... strictly shore fishing for the foreseeable future.

Thanks for the Seaguar mention. I'm in Canada though so checking in at the local Cabelas stock the InvizX is $30 while the Red Label is $18... no sales up here...sadness...

Mean Green was one of the lines I've was wanted to try way back when but was not available to me... and is still not. Third party amazon... 10lb 250yd is $48.00CAD... US is 10 bucks which is $13.00 CAD

Absolutely!! Couldn't agree with you more... which is why I signed up here and why I'm asking these questions. AND no better people to ask than Bass people!! That I don't think has changed... I find the information provided is the most reliable especially on gear!! I mean the amount you fish and catch and the amount of use you put your gear through beats any Walleye or Pike person I know LOL!!! I'm giving an insight of what I used to use. I realize things have changed and in some cases changed greatly!! I like braid... not saying I don't... but I don't care for tying leader line on. I don't like tying knots which is why I use a palomar... super easy for me to do... my hands and eyes don't work as well as they should these days. If I use jigs or spoons or cranks I tie directly on. Without a leader, braid is just harder to work with when switching out. I do use wire leaders quite often and have used them with braid to great success but like I said previously, I would like to reserve that for casting reels. Spinning reels for me are much easier to start back in with.

Thanks for the reply!! I've reserve braid for casting reels. I've worked with Spiderwire, PowerPro and Tuf-Line back in the day but at the moment I just want to outfit a couple of spinning reels. Ya... I would like low memory with a pretty abrasion resistant... Excalibur was good for that!! That's the wish LOL!!

If you have read my intro I've been away from the sport the better half of two decades. Back in the day I used Silver Thread AN40 and Excalibur along with some Maxima, the odd Stren product and a couple that don't exist anymore. I do not use anything Berkley... have never had any luck with that brand... Stren is not the same... and I am not interested in braid or fluoro... strictly mono and on spinning reels only... 8 and 10lb test. Here is what I can access locally: Sufix - Pro Select, Elite and Siege P-Line: CX and CXX Maxima: Ultragreen - although this is gone way up in price where it's about 50-60% more than the two previously mentioned so it's probably out Amazon: Ande and Sunline both have had some favourable press. That's pretty much it. Other than Maxima I have not used any of those brands. I would appreciate any comments or insight on these or if you have any other recommendations that I can look to see what I can source, that would be awesome!! Thanks kindly!!!

HA!!! Some of those look really familiar LOL!!

Thanks guys.. appreciated!! Actually, I'm pretty attuned to what gear I need... at one time I had two boats outfitted. I had mostly Daiwa spinning reels... Abu C3 and C4 along with a Browning casting reel... Fenwick, St Croix, Loomis, All Star and a guy from SC built me a half dozen customs LOL!! Oh and I had a couple of Mitchell Copperhead 6ft'ers that I used for jigging Not to mention I dabbled with four fly setups. I mostly fished for Pike and Walleye but a few times a year I would go after Trout. I setup for ice fishing one year but afterwards decided against it. Even though I was born and raised in the cold I just don't like fishing in it!! There is no way I'll need what I used to have and in a few more years I'll be retired so a couple three nice little setups and I'll be off to the races!!

Yup... that's the real story. It was just life... got rid of everything... passed all my gear along to my kid, my family, my friends... sold the rest... moved... raised... lived... and now it's just my wife and I I went fishing for the first time with a work buddy a week back... had to borrow one of his setups LOL!! It was really good!! So now I'm thinking it might be time to pick it up again... re-equip as I own nothing!! I noticed that alot of the forums I was a member of back in the day no longer exist. I found this one which seems to be very similar to one I was with a long time ago. And that's how I'm here. Although I don't bass fish per say, I used to use the very same gear... in fact every piece I had I brought up from the US. If it ain't Shimano or come from Pure Fishing it can't be found locally. Even our Cabelas is nothing like the ones I've visited down south. I'm a Daiwa fan and that ain't particularly easy to find in my parts so I'll be on your Flea Market regularly. I guess that's it... the story. I have the winter now (and oh boy did we welcome that in over two days with a few feet of snow!!) to gather up a few items for spring ? Cheers!!