One fishing line... FOREVER

[J Francho]

I could eat PB&J every day for the rest of my life before I could settle on one line.

[king fisher]

Maxima Ultragreen.  12# for bait casters.  Trilene 6# for spinning .  Hard to give up braid for most spinning, but I caught lots of fish and had just as much fun, when mono was simply called fishing line.

[Hulkster]

for it would be 10 pound Sufix Siege on spinning and 12 on baitcasting 

[redmeansdistortion]

38 minutes ago, king fisher said:

Maxima Ultragreen.  12# for bait casters.  Trilene 6# for spinning .  Hard to give up braid for most spinning, but I caught lots of fish and had just as much fun, when mono was simply called fishing line.

Maxima is my line too.  4lb and 6lb on my lighter power rigs, 8lb to 12lb on my casting outfits.

[AmmoGuy]

11 hours ago, Jake51823 said:

 

Heard of this. Never used it, always wanted to try it. Should I believe the hype? 

 

I spooled up a couple of reels with green 14lb Advance last Friday, and had a HAMMER of a Saturday afternoon catching fish on weightless Senkos over some rough logs, limbs, etc.... So far it's performing fantastic. I had a third reel spooled with 18lb Super Sniper, and could tell no real difference in number of hits, or performance. If anything, the Advance cast and handled better.  It seems to have very little stretch for a mono. 

[Glaucus]

One brand or one brand and one size of that brand?

 

6# YZH for spinning and 12# YZH for casting would be the best bet. I'd be perfectly happy with that.

[WRB]

The panacea line didn’t exist!

Tom

 

 

 

[fishindad]

I love topwater too much to pick fluoro line even though I use and love Sniper (casting) and Invisx (spinning). And too many zebra mussels and gin clear water to go with braid (832). So similar to Glaucus, I'd have to pick a mono in 6lb test for spinning and 12 lb for casting. McCoy's Mean Green FTW.

[MN Fisher]

1 minute ago, fishindad said:

So similar to Glaucus, I'd have to pick a mono in 6lb test for spinning and 12 lb for casting.

Except YZH isn't a mono - it's a co-polymer...blended mix of mono and FC.

[Log Catcher]

Sufix Siege in 8# on spinning and 12# on bait casters.

[PhishLI]

13 minutes ago, fishindad said:

I'd have to pick a mono in 6lb test for spinning and 12 lb for casting

If were left to fish with those sized plastic lines I'd have to quit fishing most of the lakes in my immediate area. Even 15lb nylon/fluoro is sketchy here. I'd be broken off 75% of the time in the pads, water chestnut, and veg/grass, which is where 90% of the fish hang out in or near enough to.

[Heartland]

13 hours ago, Jake51823 said:

Don’t think I’ve heard one bad thing about this line. I have only about a days experience with it and it did perform well. 

The main reason I quit using it was that I had a few break offs in the spool during the cast.  

[Jake51823]

5 hours ago, scaleface said:

Trilene XL clear blue flourescent .

Interesting choice. Usually if someone chose mono it’d be big game! I like it though, has been smooth every time I used it. 

4 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

I had to think long and hard about this and it still came down to Yo-Zuri Hybrid.

 

If I could have multiple weights - 8# Spinning, 12# Baitcasting.

 

If I have to stick to one weight, 10# - I have that on my Trion-35 currently, had it on the Trion-30 last year and it does fine.

Another yo-Zuri! I always use 6 on spinning because I’ve noticed sometime that 8 has been to thick on my reels sometimes. It probably all depends on reel size as well though. But I like the choice!  

4 hours ago, J Francho said:

I could eat PB&J every day for the rest of my life before I could settle on one line.

Okay how about this, what’s your most used line? 

[J Francho]

It's a tie.  15# and 6# Tatsu.

[MN Fisher]

19 minutes ago, Jake51823 said:

I always use 6 on spinning because I’ve noticed sometime that 8 has been to thick on my reels sometimes. It probably all depends on reel size as well though. But I like the choice!

I'm using 4# YZH on my UL - (approx) 500 size reel, the 10# is currently on a (approx) 3000 size, use to be on a (approx) 2500 size (Pfluegers aren't 'standard' size - the 30 is closer to a 2500 than a 2000, the 35 is 'close enough to' a 3000.

[fishindad]

6 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Except YZH isn't a mono - it's a co-polymer...blended mix of mono and FC.

I was trying to simplify my response to the OP by choosing between braid (which technically can encompass dozens of "non-nylon" hybrids), fluorcarbon line, and mono (basically "others").

6 hours ago, PhishLI said:

If were left to fish with those sized plastic lines I'd have to quit fishing most of the lakes in my immediate area. Even 15lb nylon/fluoro is sketchy here. I'd be broken off 75% of the time in the pads, water chestnut, and veg/grass, which is where 90% of the fish hang out in or near enough to.

Well, I don't fish waters with water chestnuts, pads or veg/grass much. I live in Michigan, *** smallmouth bass that swim in clear, rocky, zebra mussel-infested waters of the Great Lakes and connecting waterways and wouldn't trade it for needing to use 50 lb braid and flipping/punching sticks. Pretty soon will be the mayfly hatch and I'll be busting 4 and 5 lb smallies on topwater.

[dodgeguy]

23 hours ago, AmmoGuy said:

 

I spooled up a couple of reels with green 14lb Advance last Friday, and had a HAMMER of a Saturday afternoon catching fish on weightless Senkos over some rough logs, limbs, etc.... So far it's performing fantastic. I had a third reel spooled with 18lb Super Sniper, and could tell no real difference in number of hits, or performance. If anything, the Advance cast and handled better.  It seems to have very little stretch for a mono. 

Thats because it's the best mono made and yes it has a ton less stretch.

[FrankN209]

30lb PP for my casting, 15lb for my spinning. 

[Steveo-1969]

On 6/9/2020 at 10:39 AM, plawren53202 said:

I'm really liking it so far, and that's after several months of use in both spinning and baitcasting functions. To me it mainly acts like mono, certainly it has much more of the softness and castability of mono, but with noticeably less stretch and increased sensitivity, like fluoro. 

 

On 6/9/2020 at 11:47 AM, AmmoGuy said:

 

I spooled up a couple of reels with green 14lb Advance last Friday, and had a HAMMER of a Saturday afternoon catching fish on weightless Senkos over some rough logs, limbs, etc.... So far it's performing fantastic. I had a third reel spooled with 18lb Super Sniper, and could tell no real difference in number of hits, or performance. If anything, the Advance cast and handled better.  It seems to have very little stretch for a mono. 

If I could only use one line my vote would also be Sufix Advance Monofilament. I've been using 10# on a baitcaster for the past year and the hype is real. It handles like a soft mono but is more sensitive than any monofilament I've tried and has significantly less stretch. This line replaced 10# fluorocarbon on this (mainly) bottom contact rod and I haven't given up any sensitivity.

[Jweller]

1 hour ago, Steveo-1969 said:

 

If I could only use one line my vote would also be Sufix Advance Monofilament. I've been using 10# on a baitcaster for the past year and the hype is real. It handles like a soft mono but is more sensitive than any monofilament I've tried and has significantly less stretch. This line replaced 10# fluorocarbon on this (mainly) bottom contact rod and I haven't given up any sensitivity.

Have you experienced any of the line-fraying that sometimes gets tossed around regarding this line? 

 

I really want to make the switch to it as I love the idea, but some of the reviews make me hesitate.

[FishTank]

12lb Tatsu.  

[OnthePotomac]

Probably the line I used for everything for many years before the fancy line craze...BPS 14lb mono.  It did it all.

[Steveo-1969]

21 hours ago, Steveo-1969 said:

 

If I could only use one line my vote would also be Sufix Advance Monofilament. I've been using 10# on a baitcaster for the past year and the hype is real. It handles like a soft mono but is more sensitive than any monofilament I've tried and has significantly less stretch. This line replaced 10# fluorocarbon on this (mainly) bottom contact rod and I haven't given up any sensitivity.

 

20 hours ago, Jweller said:

Have you experienced any of the line-fraying that sometimes gets tossed around regarding this line? 

 

I really want to make the switch to it as I love the idea, but some of the reviews make me hesitate.

I haven't seen any line fraying at all and I've only respooled once in the past year because the amount of line on the spool was low. I check my line constantly while fishing as my river is rocky and snaggy, but haven't noticed any fraying. And it's fairly abrasion resistant. Certainly not any worse than the 10 other fluorocarbon or nylon lines I've tried over the years.

[dodgeguy]

23 minutes ago, Steveo-1969 said:

 

I haven't seen any line fraying at all and I've only respooled once in the past year because the amount of line on the spool was low. I check my line constantly while fishing as my river is rocky and snaggy, but haven't noticed any fraying. And it's fairly abrasion resistant. Certainly not any worse than the 10 other fluorocarbon or nylon lines I've tried over the years.

a lot of fisherman dont check their line and dont retie enough. then when they loose fish they blame the line. i find it amazing how some people can say a line is abrasion resistant and some say the same line isnt. id be willing to bet most guys who have issues are to lazy to retie.

[J Francho]

1 hour ago, dodgeguy said:

id be willing to bet most guys who have issues are to lazy to retie.

I have a leader on my jig and worm rig I tied on early last fall.  Hasn't given me any issues, though.  Lazy enough?