mono--how old is too old?

[Raven]

it's too old when it has to much memory or is sufficiently frayed imho...

although i have often trolled it behind the boat to release all the twist on many occasion

[Pete_G]

In my earlier, freshwater days I was always under the impression mono aged quickly, especially if exposed to sun and varied temperatures.

And for that matter, at the SWE we've always tossed a really slow moving spool of mono (year plus on the shelves) out of fear.

But, all this paranoia could be based on nothing, I'm really not sure.