Old Chum,

It's no doubt less expensive to purchase the bulk filler spools, but I buy the 27 m Maxima leader wheels. I would never use all of a bulk spool before it rotted, and I only seem to use 2 of the 8# spools a year and less of the other sizes, so I'll keep buying the smaller leader spools so as to have fairly fresh leader material. I use Climax or something like that for trout leader tippets cuz of its greater strenght per diameter, and same thing, I don't go thru it fast enough to buy a large quantity.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.