Mono or braid!

[nastygunz]

all of my rods currently have braid except one. I just filled one up with mono just for the hell of it!

[Hawks Feather]

If your hair is long enough go with the braid. If you are almost bald then mono might be all you can hope for.

[Okanagan]

Braid on all my serious gear except for trout and kid reels.  No panfish around here.

[Todd Rahm]

Kevlar and Flourocarbon.

[nastygunz]

And the winner isssssss....braid!

[FinsnFur]

Yah I have braid on all my bait casters.
I have one ultra light with an open face spinning reel, that has 2lb mono and I only use it for bluegill fishing.

I would never use mono on bass or pike jig again after using braid. You feel everything. Every little tick, every little bump, and the hooksets are genuine hooksets 
I use to be a die hard Spider Wire user. Someone here (cant remember who) talked me into trying Suffix 832 a while back. I was VERY reluctant. The only issue I ever had with spider wire was abrasion. It didnt fare well against rocks or NON ceramic eye inserts on your fishing rod eyes. But I gave it a shot.
I liked it, A LOT. The abrasion issues were virtually non existent with Suffix 832 Braid. I switched to that and didnt looked back.
Last summer I started having big issues with it. Not sure if it was bad batches or they cut back on quality or what, but I had all kinds of trouble. Everything from coming unbraided in long lengthy sections, to nasty frays mid line that looked like split ends on someones hair.
I would replace all the line, check all my rod eyes, line guide etc. and have the same issues after a while. Pretty disturbing for how expensive the stuff is.
I have since switched to PowerPro V2 Braid after a recommendation from a local friend and I like it so far.

[nastygunz]

Im a PowerPro user as well.

[Okanagan]

Jim,  thanks for the good info on Suffix, etc.  You fish way more than I do and I appreciate the experienced evaluations from everybody here.  I had a braid that was spider something on a spinning reel and it kind of made clumps along the line after awhile.

I have run PowerPro for river salmon for years, on baitcasters.  Can't remember the name of my current saltwater salmon line but got a super deal on it and I like it.  BIL and I were cruising the Puyallup Sportsman Show a couple of years ago and got a big discount directly from the owner of the line company who happened to be at their booth when we stopped to talk.  She gave us her card with a note on it and we ordered a bunch.

My brother-in-law  has become an excellent walleye fisherman in the Columbia River and is encyclopediac in his knowledge of rods, lines etc.  He trolls with a computer program that works with precise line diameter, distance behind boat, etc.  The line company owner was impressed with his level of knowledge and questions and I think that prompted her to give him/us the big discount so he could try several different line weights.

I'm just a flinger who doesn't get out fishing much anymore.

[pitw]

She gave us her card with a note on it and we ordered a bunch.

You are starting to scare me, Oke.