Important not just when starting for a night but as you keep fishing. Check often while fishing by running the line between your thumb and forefinger. Any feeling of roughness , stop , cut off the worn section and retie. Its well worth it.
Also remember that most fish are lost in the last few feet when there is little line left out. Plan your startegy to land the fish without putting excessive stress on the line when close in. Plan before you hook up. You are too busy to figure it out with a fish on.
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