SOUNDS LIKE ITS TIME TO BUY A BAITCASTER. ON THE RIVER I USE TRILENE XT GREEN FOR MAIN LINE AND MAXIMA CHAMELEON FOR LEADER. IN THE SALT I USE STRICTLY CHARTER-BOATMAN WHICH IS A REAL LIMP LINE AND GREAT FOR PULLING A FLASHER BEHIND A DOWNRIGER. BUT I ONLY USE SHIMANO LEVEL-WINDS.