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Best thing out there is fly fishing line.  You can get it in about any color you want and it doesn't coil and rarely knots up.  It's also fairly thick so it is easier to hand-line with and doesn't cut into your hands when you hook into a big fish.  I use a level taper (uniform diameter throughout entire line length).  I don't know what the coating is but it is fairly intermediate sinking rate.  Just don't get floating line.

 

I then use a 4-5' piece of 12lb Fireline as a leader and tie my hooks directly to it.  Since the fly fishing line is really hard to tie knots with, you will need to use some different knots like the Albright, Nail Knot, or Blood Knot to attach the leader to the fly line. 

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The stuff we use is hardly even considered fly line, it's the absolute cheapest stuff out there. Go to a bait shop or similar place. It doesn't even come in a package, it's just a roll usually tied together by itself. If anyone had a roll to post a picture it would help him. Too many people go buy real fly line and first off there's different kinds and second it's expensive. If I remember I'll post a picture of this stuff tonight. 

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Here's the stuff we use, around here anyway. It's such cheap stuff it doesn't even have a label or a brand name. It's usually just in a box on a bottom shelf or on a peg. Holiday gas station on Mill Ave usually has it if your near Brainerd.I think it was about $2.99 a roll, it's long enough 90% of the time but many back it with cheap dacron or anything you have leftover in case you hook a wild northern.

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It's great if you're talking about rattle reels but too heavy/bulky for tip ups I think. Probably work on the big spools though but I think thats too tight to wind it without getting coils. 

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