I am new to this forum. I fish for steelhead on the eastern side of the state. My local forum on Fishmonitor.com is virtually inactive and I still have the need to talk to other steelheaders east or west siders. Well to my point. Braided lines have thier pros and cons. In my opinion the pros are no stretch small diameters. Cons once the fish is hooked I like the softer feel of mono. Now the main point I have been buying fire line and whiplash and out of the box they are fine dia. but after a few trips they seem to lose this(fluff up or fray) and the line is so expensive I hate to cut off 50' of line to get back to the original dia. Is there any line out there that does not have this characteristic