The limper the line the better. I have tried to use maxima on my spinning reel and it coils off the spool. Berkley XL works great in the summer, but does not stand up to abrasion at all. The last two winters I have used Stren MagnaThin and have had little problems with line twist. It is a lot stronger than the Berkley.I have found that on my small spool(Spirex 2000) that any line over 10lbs test does not work well.Always use tough line for the leader material, that is what takes the beating usually.I use a faily light rod even this time of year to compensate for the light line.This could be a problem if you hook one of the pigs of spring however.I know some of the braided lines available now work well because they float and this makes it easy to mend your casts when fishing with a float.Better have a strong rod if you go that route. Hope this helps