Who makes the best mono line?

[JohnMickish]

Here is a question for you guys, if price was not an issue, who makes the best open water mono fishing line out there? I'm talking in the "normal" pound ranges that we use, like 4-20 lb.

Not a question of what you use, but what is the best.

[CANOPY SAM]

Stren

[PurpleFloyd]

Berkley

[Stick in Mud]

I like Suffix.

[Hoffer]

Favorite line of all time is Trilene XL.

However, this year they changed it up.

Advertised as "new and improved".

I really have not had too many hours on the new and improved stuff but I sure loved the old stuff. Never a twist or any kind of issues.

Bought some huge 1,000 yard spools at Fleet Farm once I found it was changing.

[Gordie]

For all around use on a mono I would and still have to go with as Cajun Red.

[Stick in Mud]

We all must be sponsored by different companies.

[DTro]

another vote for Trilene XL

[Esox_Magnum]

Trilene XL gets my vote

[B-man715]

I've been a lifetime fan of Trilene Xl. Few mono lines handle as nicely.

Also been spooling up with some Suffix as of late. Great line as well.

Lotta great line out there from all sorts of companies.

A better thread would be "The Worst Monofilaments"......... My vote would go to Vanish I swear the knot strength is half of line rating........

[Cyberfish]

Gold High vis Stren 2,4# !!!! oh wait, they quit making it...

[outdrzman78]

P-line

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

I just spooled up a rig with Gamma and like it so far.

[paceman]

I love Gamma. Have been using it for about 5 years. Great line!

[Cicada]

Depends on what I'm doing. Trilene XL green for most everyday use. Stren Fluorescent blue for night fishing. Use a black light and the Stren looks like a rope, very easy to tie knots.

Found I liked these years ago and really haven't experimented with anything else.

[RuKiddingMe]

I wish Berkley wouldn't have discontinued the Iron Silk line a few years back, that was some great stuff. The hi-vis yellow was perfect for winter river jigging.

[tolle141]

chevy vs ford

I'm personally a Berkley guy. If price isn't an issue, have you considered flouro?

[Nhamm]

Suffix is the least coily, but I spool with sensation, love that stuff. After talking to a few guides at the sportsman show this year and them telling me this is what they use with their clients I havent looked back.

[JohnMickish]

chevy vs ford

I'm personally a Berkley guy. If price isn't an issue, have you considered flouro?

I'm not asking for my personal use, I have my own thoughts on what is the best, just looking at others opinions.

Flouro and mono are two very different animals and each has it's place, just like braid.

[DTro]

I tried Suffix mono once and will never use it again. Maybe a bad spool, I don't now but it was total junk.

[bigsam]

I tried the Bionic from Northland recently, and I am impressed. Low memory, even when jigging hard. Cheap, too!

[Walleye Guy]

Another Trilene XL fan here.

[Nhamm]

Maybe a good question too is where everyone buys their line. I have found the big box stores always seem to have the "freshest" line BC of the volume they go through, compares to the ma and pa shops(which I love and support as much as possible), but seems they just don't get those spools off the shelf to keep newer products on. Just an opinion.

[Pherris]

I really like Gamma on my crankbaits rods and tube rods. For jigs I use power pro most of the time but if conditions call for mono then Trilene XT and for my topwater (not frogs) I like Trilene XL.

[traveler]

Triline XL X ...what 6? No contest really, It's what most guys I fish with prefer as well, and we're all serious fishermen. There are lines out there we use for different applications, but for a go-to line it's XL every time.