One topic which always seems to come up here on BR, is fishing lines. We have many threads on which rod or reel to pick, and usually, many folks can reach a general agreement on which ones are good. Fishing lines, on the other hand, are a hard one to call. One thing I think any experienced angler knows, is that a good line is just as important as any part of your tackle. The line is your connection to the fish. I've been a monofilament fisherman for all my life, and I still like monofilament lines. Starting out with Stren in the early 80s, I found Trilene Big Game, and have used it on casting reels for a long time now. It's worked well. It's seems like the big issue is with lighter lines, for light line/ finesse style fishing. Most all will say to use a braid/ leader combo, or a flourocarbon line. I've stayed with mono, and havnt had the line twist issues that many complain about. To be honest, I can't say that I've ever felt any mono line actually stretch either, even though stretch is a common complaint. I store my line spools in a shoebox, out of the sunlight, and run the line through my thumb and finger, to check for any nicks or abrasions, and with the low cost of mono lines, I can respool several times over the course of a season, on any of my reels, if I need to. But, It seems like monofilament lines are no longer popular with bass fisherman.They still sell a lot of them, but most bass fisherman won't recommend them anymore. I've been told I'm missing fish, and that I'm stuck in the past with my line choice. And, I would never be critical of another anglers choice of fishing line. It's all personal preference. But, I see monofilament lines losing an uphill battle here, and being replaced by newer technologies, and what many say are better lines. In defense of monofilament lines, I've used them for almost forty years now, and, any fish I've lost in that time has been my fault, and not the fault of any mono lines I've used. Would anyone care to comment here, and, do we have many members who still use monofilament line for most of they're bass fishing?
