what fishing line are you running and why ?

how often do you replace it ?

I run P-line Floroclear , the monofilament core fluorocarbon coated line around a 8-10 pound on most things , then I have a couple rods that I run braid with a fluorocarbon leader

the P-line mostly I replace every year if I didn't get out much I might go another year but I find it gets a memory sitting on a reel long term and then I don't like the way it casts.

the braid goes longer but when the waxy coating breaks down and it starts to fade in color I also find I get unhappy with how it casts.

before the p-line floroclear I ran mostly Mono usually trilene , I was buying a new combo at a sports shop and the guy was telling me about the p-line and I tried it , really liked it

I came here to say the last spool of good line I bought was P line and I been using it for a long time. Its prob 8lbs and all I use. I like that it is thin and strong but sill breaks when I need it to.

I redo my poles in spring. The ones that look like they are missing line and been used a lot. I doubt all of them get new line every spring though. If I used it enough that it needs changed, there is enough missing or a knot to notice that needs fixing anyway.

On my trout rods I use a yellow colored mono string. I can't see the clear stuff anymore, lol. Slow to medium action.

Walleye jigging rods I use braided on a 7' fast action rod.

Same on Musky rods, only heavier.

Bay rods any cheap mono.

On replacing, usually when its getting low from busting off.

I use backing so I don't need much new when replacing.

8lb P-Line Floroclear for my main rod. Replace every year, mainly because I fish plenty of snags and by the end of year I'm down to half a spool.

I like fluorocarbon line for it's toughness and invisibility in the water.

good stuff , work it like mono but definitely stronger.

I buy a 600 yard spool a year about and it does all the rods
runs about 20 dollars online for a 600 yard spool

Cabela's always seems to be sold out of 8 and 10 so I have taken to just ordering a spool early in the year Amazon tells me I ordered it Feb 14 this year and not try and get it from a store if they have it most of the time 8 pound is sold out.

I haven't started that spool yet I was using up last years spool and got through the 3 I did with it this spring it is out now and the next one I need will be on the 2025 spool.

Trilene XL on everything
I only front my spools with 60 yards on the trout rods, bass rods 100 yards
I'm on my third front on my one trout rod since early April
In a good winter small mouth season for me ( 3 months) I can change my front more than 10 times. But I'm running 4 pound at that time of year

do you run a heavier backer you leave on ?

Yes I do
Dirty fishing line lowers my catch rate, I clean the last 2 feet quite often if the water is off color
Just how I've always done it

I have an old reel from when I was kid (early 60-'s) with the original line on it and won't change it till it's too short to cast very far.

But it sinks and isn't the best option for slip bobbering. Leader only.

a friend of mine's parents owned a bait shop till about 2009

while a lot of the tackle is still ok decades later , fishing line was not one of the things that ages well it breaks much easier.

now some of that old stuff might fair better but stuff from probably about 2004-2009 was not good in 2024

that friend wasn't much for fishing but was sort of a keep everything kind of person , I bought some of that tackle from his estate , spoons are good , soft plastics not , flies are ok , fishing line is not , meps type spinners OK , a lot of things plastic are not.

by the packaging a bunch of that stuff was mid 1990s and didn't sell well

No problems here.

Big fan of Maxima line.

Ultragreen or Chameleon color.

4# on my small stream trout rig up to 30# on a catfish pole.


Depends on use on replacing it. Some setups last a few years, others need re-spooling couple times a year. Even just sitting on a spool in a garage line ages and loses its strength. Knots will start breaking easier.

Catfish 40 pound suffix braid with 25 pound mono trilene leader ; bass 30 pound braid moss green ; other odds and ends 4/6/8 pound mono, change the mono every year and braid when the spool gets low

Keep poles and line stored in the dark if possible, sun is a killer on both.

i use 12 pound trilene smooth cast mono and it just casts great compared to cheaper line, i use that for bout everything. for topwater fishing i like 20 pound braid or when im fishing the walleye run i like using braid with light mono leader

I replace mono whenever it starts to get the curls in it. But I've been using braided more often lately and I haven't needed to replace it yet and it's been about a year since I installed it. 20# is my go to since I tend to fish salmon in fresh water a lot and 10# ends up losing me fish (and my lure) that run into snags. If I need more that 20# I go straight to 50#.

Annually.