What is your favorite monofilament line?

[N Florida Mike]

Trilene XL up to 10 . 12 and up , big game.

Very rarely have one break off.

I was a Stren  man for many years. Just too many breaks. . Used P line for awhile. Strong, but way too kinky.

Then it was yozuri hybrid. Great at first, then it seemed each time I re- lined , I got more breaks.

Finally very satisfied with Berkely lines.

[huZZah]

Berkley Big game 12 and 15#. Have used it forever. 

[Mobasser]

Baitcast- Big Game. Spinning- Original Stren or Trilene.

[waymont]

McCoy and Trilene XL

[Catt]

Berkley Big Game 15# ?

[DitchPanda]

Trilene XL on spinning

Big game on bait casting 

[GTN-NY]

16 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

Trilene XL on spinning

Big game on bait casting 

Yep!

[Hulkster]

13 hours ago, Log Catcher said:

Sufix Siege in 12# or 14# on baitcasters and 8# or 10# on spinning reels. 

Same here. i love Sufix Siege its amazing. I also use the 4 and 6 on my UL and L rods and I've even been using 20 on my musky rig (but i have yet to catch a musky)

[OkobojiEagle]

Berkley Sensation

 

BTW... there is no such animal as "original Stren".  The Stren label was sold to Berkley/Pure Fishing years ago and has been manufactured in the Berkley plant since.  The line formula was never sold so "Stren" line has been whatever Pure Fishing line engineers have said it should be.

 

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[Teal]

Big game, sunline super naural, sunline armillo

If you are going cheap, go big game, if it doesn't matter, go SUNLINE MONO

[dam0007]

Love Sunline Super Natural but abrasion resistance isn’t the strongest attribute... Ordered some Machinegun Cast and Bass Special 4.0 (which looks like super nat, hope not) looking forward to trying both. Defier (not Armilo) is the bees knees but it’s insanely priced. 

 

Sufix Siege and Advanced are good.

[dj1975232]

Trilene XL or Big Game.

[CountryboyinDC]

2 hours ago, OkobojiEagle said:

Berkley Sensation

 

BTW... there is no such animal as "original Stren".  The Stren label was sold to Berkley/Pure Fishing years ago and has been manufactured in the Berkley plant since.  The line formula was never sold so "Stren" line has been whatever Pure Fishing line engineers have said it should be.

 

oe

What in the world would the 'original' Stren manufacturer do with the formulation if they're not selling fishing line?  I definitely don't know the backstory, and I can understand that Berkley changed the manufacturing, but formulations are about like KFC's herb and spice blend.  If you ain't selling chicken they ain't worth much.  Any patents they had would have long since expired.

[Skunkmaster-k]

Big game for baitcaster and trilene xl for spinning .  

[GreenPig]

14 lb Stren Original on conventional topwater baits and P-Line CXX 20, 25, and 30 on my big swimbait setups. I will substitute the CXX with Big Game bought locally if I failed to order the CXX before I run low(rare).

[txchaser]

Best budget line, tough as nails, tie off to the cleat strong - Big Game.

Best mono - Sunline Defier Armilo, mostly reserved for bigger swimbaits. 

 

But I like Sufix Advance for general use better than either. It's goofy strong like big game, but the braid fibers in the formula make it low stretch compared to other mono. It is very noticable. Oh and it doesn't float as much as regular mono, and seems to be a little more sensitive. Can't explain why. IMO they'd sell more of it if they tripled the price, it's inexpensive enough to get ignored in a sea of random mono line.

[Bluebasser86]

Big Game, but I'm trying the new Sufix Advance and it seems like pretty nice line. Memory is worse than Big Game, but it's extremely strong so far too.

[ChrisD46]

Big Game #12 lb. ~ #15 lb.

Sufix Siege #14 lb. ~ #17 lb.  

[matbellon3]

Sunline Super Natural has been my go to for awhile for the few techniques that I use mono as my mainline on a casting reel. Though when Suffix Advance came out I picked up a few spools to try out and have found that I prefer it for all my needs because it also works well as leader material. With the Suffix Advance I have found that its best to shop by your preferred diameter not pound test.

[redmeansdistortion]

Maxima Ultragreen.  I've been using it for a couple of decades now.  I've tried others but keep going back, old faithful never lets me down.  

[Guitarfish]

I use Maxima Chameleon for fresh and Big game for salt. 30+ years like red.

[N.Y. Yankee]

Until recently, I used nothing but Berkley XL and Original Stren. Caught lots of fish and did not have line problems unless I overfilled the reel. Mono works on everything and you don't need to worry about knots slipping if you tie them right. I always liked XL the most but was surprised at the durability of Stren 8 pound when I tried to break some off once. Either is good, affordable and is in every store you would look in. Now, I'm only using mono for leaders, but still the same stuff.

[Kdizzle]

I like Berkeley Trilene Sensation and Yo Zuri Hybrid. 

[new2BC4bass]

AN 40, Siege, Big Game, Elite

Trying McCoy Mean Green, XXX, CXX and Sufix Advance

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12 hours ago, new2BC4bass said:

AN 40, Siege, Big Game, Elite

Trying McCoy Mean Green, XXX, CXX and Sufix Advance

Can you comment on the difference between Siege and Elite, and compare them to AN40 and BG. I'm thinking of trying one of the Suffix lines. (I hope my 3lb spool of BG doesn't see this)