What is the best mono you can buy for the price?
Big Game?
Trilene XL/XT?
Stren Original?
Stren Super Knot?
Or whatever else you recommend?
Thanks!
For more than 2 decades I 've fish with this trio:
Berkley Trilene XL
Berkley Trilene XT
Berkley Big Game
Have tried lotz and lotz of lines and always return to those three.
For a lot for a good price=Berkley big game Good mono around 300 yds=Sufix Seige I always use Blakemores reel magic when spooling line to reduce line memory.
Sufix.
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Suffix Siege has served me well steelhead fishing streams in winter. Many 10 lb.+ fish brought in on 8#. For bassing, I use copoly, braid, or fluoro.
1. Sunline Super Natural
2. Sufix Elite
Vicious Ultimate!
big game..never had knot failure or broke line when fishing
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-matt-
I'm currently a braid addict, but most of my fishing years (fresh & salt) were spent fishing with nylon monofilament.
1) Berkley Trilene XL
2) Berkley Trilene Big Game
If I were ever to return to monofilament line, I'd want some of the attributes of "fluorocarbon", but not too much.
That is to say, I'd move from Nylon Mono up to Copolymer Mono...namely:
1) Sufix Siege
2) Berkley Trilene Sensation (formerly 'sensithin')
Roger
Orginal Stren and P - Line CX Premium. Both have good all around casting and handling along with enough abrasion resistance and strength.
Stren original all the way
I was a long-time user of Trilene XL, but recently I did some strength tests and found Stren Original to hold up very well. Specifically, the clear version. Ive used braidw/flourocarbon leader and had good luck with it, but felt it was time to simplify things a bit and just use some mono instead. My gear was starting to get too complicated.
i use trilene xl for spinning gear and stren original for my baitcasters...
Trilene XL....All Day
big game all the way
Only Berkley XT for me.
I do not know about the best ,the 2 that work for me
Stren Origianl
Trilene XL
Try some McCoy Mean Green!! Strong mono with very little memory
Trilene XL
Also, I guess it isn't technically mono, but Sensation.
Berkley Big Game or Suffix Siege
Oh, I know I'm gonna get nuts over this, but I think big game is cheap crap. I am not all that impressed with seige either. Stren Original is the ONLY mono woth it's weight. I have reeled in fish out of rock beds with line so frayed it looked like old rope. Stren is strong!
QuoteTry some McCoy Mean Green!! Strong mono with very little memory
A very good line !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
as for the best, i dont know???
what i do know is that before i made the switch to braid on all my outfits......
my line of choice was Ande for mono.
its an "economy" line for sure, but after trying many mono's in the past...... i came across it, and i used it solely for 10 years..... and never wanted to switch......
that is until,
i used suffix braid........
Again with Suffix. Great castability, strength and low memory.
Berkley sensation seems to work good for me
Stren original and XL mono
Never tried Suffix maybe I should
another vote for the mcoy mean green.
You can't go wrong with the Trilene XL or XT depending on application, but I am now a huge fan of McCoy's Line, its the best mono IMO.
As far as Big Game, it should be called Big Boing, great for impact leader/saltwater applications, but to stretchy for my taste!
trilene xl and xt.
no need for any other mono..
6lb trilene xl on my spinning
10lb big game on my bait caster.
both are pretty cheap and will stand up to big fish if it has been stored right. ive always wanted to give sufix elite a shot , but i decided to pick up a spool of p-line cxx instead.