Mono

[basser27]

What’s everyone using these days for spinning? 6-8lb test. Normally a trilene xl guys but haven’t been to happy the last few times I spooled up. 

[MN Fisher]

Bass? 4x Braid to leader, 1x 8# InvizX (FC)

Panfish? 2x braid to leader, 2x Sufix Siege (4# on the UL, 6# on the Med)

[looking45]

5# Maxima Ultragreen. 

[PourMyOwn]

I've bought a couple of spools of Gamma, and am impressed.  

[GRiver]

Berkeley big game, but I recently bought a reel from Bass Pro, they’ll spool it free, with reel purchase. I liked their Excel mono. It’s been bout 6 months and been holding up pretty good…. I do use line conditioner too. 

[you]

If I wasn't using braid, I'd probably pick trilene xl or invisx for a mono mainline.

 

I'll second @looking45 on the maxima, too, but I have much less experience with it. I've used a spool in 5# for panfish and lighter bass leaders. It seems to knot and handle well.

[Mobasser]

For years I used Stren and Trilene with little problems. Now, I've switched to Co poly lines. Yo Zuri hybrid or P line. Both have worked well.

[gim]

I like Sufix Siege and P line.

[volzfan59]

I use BPS Excel mono for everything. 4lb to 8lb for spinning, 10lb to 17lb for casting set ups.

[Skunkmaster-k]

I picked up some Vicious mono a couple of years ago and I am ba-da-ba-ba-ba loving it. 

[Wollman14]

Suffix Siege #6, other wise I am 10 lb yellow braid to leader

[FishTank]

Sufix Siege 6lb Camo.

[garroyo130]

Yo Zuri Hybrid 4lb test. Dirt cheap and never failed me. 

[bowhunter63]

Trylene 8 lb 

[Dan N]

Bass pro shops Excel

[Fishingmickey]

Sun Line Defier Armillo. It's about two to three times the price of Trilene XL, Big game or Stren. But I have been very happy with it's performance.

[Hulkster]

I use Sufix Siege mono on all  my rigs, baitcasting and spinning.

 

on a 3000 size spinning reel I use 8 or 10 pound test

 

 

[casts_by_fly]

If I wasn't using braid I would be using Sunline supernatural.  Very small diameter for the rating, minimal memory, good coating and knots.  I use it for my 12/14/16 lb baitcasters right now.  8 ln supernatural would be like 4-5 lb Trilene.

[Bankbeater]

Right now I've downsized to 8 lb Big Game line to give that a try.  I was using 10 lb, but with the dinks I have been catching lately I don't think 2 lbs is going to make a difference.

[T-Billy]

Yo Zuri Hybrid.

[JMac603]

On 8/2/2023 at 8:56 AM, volzfan59 said:

I use BPS Excel mono for everything. 4lb to 8lb for spinning, 10lb to 17lb for casting set ups.

Am I right that Trilene XL and BPS Excel are the same? XL - Excel...same name and the line feels verrrry similar. 

[Team9nine]

1 hour ago, JMac603 said:

Am I right that Trilene XL and BPS Excel are the same? XL - Excel...same name and the line feels verrrry similar. 

Probably not, but could be. BPS has their line manufactured by other companies under their brand name (private label manufacturing), so hard to tell who currently makes it. I’m pretty sure they shop the contract around every so often, so the manufacturer could change every once in a while. I know the line characteristics seemed to have changed some over the years according to many, myself included. I used their line for spinning purposes (6, 8, 10 lb test) about 20 years ago, and it was pretty good stuff back then.

[TnRiver46]

Eagle claw 6 mono. Used it forever 

[roadwarrior]

On 8/2/2023 at 1:55 PM, garroyo130 said:

Yo Zuri Hybrid 4lb test. Dirt cheap and never failed me. 

Hybrid #4 has a breaking strength of 8.5 lbs. #6 is 11.9

[MN Fisher]

^ Chart showing actual breaking strength of Yo-Zuri Hybrid lines as tested by the IGFA