Fishing Line need advice on this

[Geordie_Rob]

It depends on where you are fishing (freshwater or saltwater).

For freshwater between 6 & 8lb should be ok, although if you are going for pike you will need to use special wire traces (and watch your fingers when you unhook them)

For sea fishing you need heavier line, although again depending on where you are fishing will decide what you need. People sometimes go for 25lb line with about 15-20m of 50 or 60lb shock leader. I use 30lb line straight through with no shock leader & it's seen me fine chucking 6oz sinkers for the past 20 years or so (even got a couple of trophies - now I'm just bragging. Lol).

For boat fishing at sea, 50lb right through. You don't know what's lurking down there & if you hook the very evasive "big one", you don't want it to get away.

I looked at braided line but decided against it when I was advised it is finer compared to normal mono line, and as a result slices your thumb to bits when you brake the spool on a multiplier reel. Like I say, I haven't used braided line so really can't comment on its performance.

Hope this helps.