line brand ideas.. my minds overloaded by choices..

[ilovetwofish]

For me I dont think I will ever use mono again for my plugging rods.I was going to use suffix 50# braid for my heavy stuff untill I got to the counter and was told $38.00 for 300 yards went with pp 50lbs.

[plankton]

I use braid on most of my stuff, but I do favor mono for dedicated bait rigs. Check out Hi Seas Black Widow or Ande Backcountry, both great lines with low memory and high abrasion resistance, mush better than Big Game imho.

[BigBo]

You'll probably get a lot of varying responses as to what is good, what is best, etc. The problem you're going to find is that through no fault of their own, a lot of your local B&T's will not have a wide variety of brands in bulk spools available to take care of each and every customer. Some will carry a variety for you to buy and test for yourself, but what they carry in bulk for spooling is typically what pleases the majority.
There's just so many choices these days that it's really difficult for them to have it all readily available.
Get some recommendations and then trial and error. Find what works best for you.

[OffTheHook13]

There are so many lines out there now, braids, monos and fluoros.

Each line has it's pros and it's cons.

I am a Power-Pro fan, but I have recently tried Ugly Braid from Shakespeare and it isn't bad.

I have also heard good things about Suffix though I haven't tried it yet. It is a bit pricey though.

For mono, Ande is the only one I use. But that isn't to say that the others aren't good.

It's really a matter of preference and what you feel confident in.

[JohnR]

I think people beat up themselves by over analyzing line choices. There is a time for braid and a time for mono, for braid I usually go with the Power Pro but I'm going to give Suffix a whirl this year. For mono, always been a fan of Berkley Big Game Green.

Keep your choices relatively simple, make good knots, and check and replace out nicked line while your fishing. Once you are fishing, your main concern should be the fishing with obvious checks of your line's condition. But worry about the fishing and not the line.