I saw Fishkis's post on 'what's my line?' and knew I'd seen this topic covered a couple of times before.

I've been experimenting with Excalibur Silver Threat #12 on my baitcasters (and a fly reel that I'm practicing 'chuck and duck' fishing a la Hawk) and have deliberately left line on the reel too long (over 10 trips). Still fishing strong and has retained its strong knot and breaking strength despite repeated heavy stretching. I like it because it's thinner than Ultragreen #10 and breaks (fresh) at 13+ lbs.

Having said all that, I've got bulk spools of Maxima Ultragreen in #10, #15 #20 and when it comes to the crunch: steelhead or salmon fishing (vs. swamps and salt ponds at home) I always spool up the Ultragreen with excellent results.

I've been meaning to test a spool of Sufix Synergy as it's reputedly very abrasion resistant, limp and thin. (Speaking of which, Robbo, if you're reading this, how's the honeymoon going?) Sufix also costs about half of Maxima -- something to ponder when I'm changing 150-200 yards of line daily when on one of those destination fly-out trips and dreaming of trophies.