What's your favorite kind of braided line?

[Maverick]

Brand? Color? Pound? Why?

[Cleve]

I like alot of things about Spiderwire, however I use it only my Steelhead setup that gets used once or twice a year.  I store the rod and reel in the garage and it seems that each year it has expanded to a point where the entire spool spins freely on the reel.  Have you guys ever had that happen? Does it dry out or what? It is usually ok again if I get the line wet and re-spool it.

[lokidog]

50 lb Power Pro - Yellow for bottomfish/lingcod.  Same line for salmon, though dedicated salmon rod I might go to 30 lb and red.  The yellow shows up much better when working the bottom for watching your line than the red.

I just spooled a new spinning reel with Gorilla 50lb and it sucks fish heads compared to the P Pro.

[Mfowl]

I have always liked powerpro and tufline. I use 65lb hi-vis yellow on my Columbia River salmon setups and 20lb hi-vis on my float rods and plug rods for steelhead. I have 65lb hi-vis on my halibut rods as well. I like to go to 15lb green for plug trolling for walleyes, bass and trout. I really haven't tried other brands as both tufline and powerpro have done well for me. When I steelhead fish with plugs or jig/float I always color the last 10' or so of my line with a green sharpie and then use a flourocarbon leader after that. I like the hi-vis for my Columbia River stuff because whether trolling of anchored its easy to see line angle and distance between lines to keep the gear spread out and even. For float fishing its easy to see on the surface and therefor easier to mend.

[Mfowl]

Cleve- do you have any backing on your reel? Braid won't grab a spool like mono does and will slide around on a bare reel. You can fix it by either putting some mono on your spool as backing or what I like to do is put a tab of surgical tape on my spool before I run the line on to it. The braid will bite or hold the tape much better than a bare spool.

[carpsniperg2]

Power pro 50 green for most all of my fishing.

[Smossy]

Power pro, green, 30lb, this is why..


Line size comparison.

[huntnnw]

Power pro yellow 50lb.. steelhead drift rods..the yellow has become a fav...see each others lines and where they are..I have green on another and hard to see it

[Button Nubbs]

50lb yellow power pro for float fishing. there is no other braid that even comes close. i do switch to green or color the last 15' or so of the yellow with a black sharpie for low/clear water situations. mono for drift fishing/spinners/spoons.

[wildmanoutdoors]

Ive used Fireline for the last 15 tears.
Not a braid, but a fusion. Awesome stuff. 14 pound for my Steelie setups, 20 for salmon.
Only on drift or metal rigs though. Use mono for downrigger and plugpullin rods.

[Maverick]

I'm usin 15 pound green power bro for bass and walleye fishing. Very impressed.

[h2ofowlr]

Power pro 50 green for most all of my fishing.

I second this.  Good line, I buy it in bulk.

[lokidog]

I am surprised at all of the Power Pro responses.   I think a similar question was posed a couple years ago and very few PP responses were given. 

I do like the visibility of the yellow even over the red.  I don't know if it is a problem for the fishes but have not had issues that I know of.

A few years ago, I brought my bottomfishing spinner with me for sockeye in AK.  Everyone laughed at my 50 lb test... until they had to retie after snagging the bushes on the other side of the river and I just yanked the branches off, straightened my hook and went back to fishing.   

[MtnMuley]

Kinda surprised that all of the guys using Power Pro aren't using the Superslick 8.  Maybe it's too new and harder to find, but it's basically advanced Power Pro that is quieter.  Also surprised that Fireline hasn't been mentioned. I know this isn't braided line, but has anyone used Nanofil?  It's spinning reel line, but I'm impressed so far.

[Maverick]

I use the power pro on two of my spinner reel setups with no problems.