Being out on the OP I pretty much used 15# Camelion main all fall and winter through srping and 12# ultra green or camerion leaders.

I had a few experiences in low clear conditions that I tried using lighter line, I hooked bigger fish and almost broke them off every time. The probem is I would get impaitient and as it would take to long and I would try and speed it up and fight the fish like I had heavy line.

I decided I wasnt going to lose any nice fish anymore due to gear so I decided to use 15 main all the time for winter steel. I still caught fish even in low conditions.

Steelhead are fairly stupid and in most conditions not line shy. The way I see it the quicker the fight the better for the fish.