Gooose: Re. your question about Maxima Perfexion...

I tried out 8 lb. Perfexion on summer-runs back in July. I was very impressed with the line at first: low diameter, limp, handled nicely. Great for a spinning reel -- or so I thought.

The first two fish I hooked this summer, both around 7 or 8 pounds, broke me off at the knot. I'm no expert -- and it's quite possible I've been flat-out lucky -- but I had NEVER had a steelie break me off at the knot until I used Perfexion. (That statement probably speaks volumes about the size of fish I generally hook, but that's another story.) Me -- I'll never use Perfexion again. If you do a search on this site, you'll find more disparaging comments about said line.

Lately I've been using the relatively new Rapala Finesse line to good effect. I really like it on my spinning reel.