FishinBen, Not sure what your fishing for but I would assume either salmon or steelhead in which case I would recommend mono, my preference being Maxima but there are many quality brands available. I do alot of ocean fishing for halibut and other bottom dwellers and I really like T.U.F. line or even better T.U.F.plus these braided lines are extremely strong with little stretch. I've tried braided lines for salmon but I didn't care for it, one problem was double headers (2 on at once) if these lines touch with tension on them 1 breaks almost immeadiately even worse if braid and mono cross. Another problem was that I change my mainline quite frequintly (every 2-3 weeks) during the summer season, and since I fish 4 rods this gets expensive, hope this helps, good fishing.