I am curious what you folks see in line life, both when it is spooled and when it is stored unopened.

 

I mix in a bit of everything, braid, mono and fluorocarbon a couple of hybrid type lines.

I buy cheap line so I change it out quite often, just to be safe.

I'm sorta the opposite of that - I have some braid that's been on reels for going on 4 seasons now,,,still doing fine.  I swap out my leaders often instead, I think it's cheaper in the long run.

Braid can last years spooled and indefinitely unopend and stored.

Mono will start to deteriorate if left in the hot sun for months at a time spooled or not.

Floro and co poly lines somewhere in between.

Mike

Until it becomes unmanagable. I have 16lb FC Sniper on my Jig rod that is going on 13 months strong. I do use KVD Line and Lure which helps extend the life of my line though.

Things that deteriorate line are; UV light / sunlight, cold temperatures below freezing, wear/ abrasion, stretch, twists.

If you keep stored spools of line in a dark cool place it lasts a long.

If you fish with the line than it is subject to all the above things that deteriorate line.

All the single/monofilament lines; nylon, copolymers, fluoropolymers are about equal, braid is less affected by things that deteriorate line, except wear.

Tom

That's about what I thought, but I wasn't sure about line I buy that I store before use,  Sounds like it's pretty much good for along time.

 

Thanks!

As long as it's inside the house, out of the sun.  I have some mono and flouro that's over 10 years old, on small spools that I never finished, that are/were still fine.  I don't like small spools.

 

If I'm fishing regularly, I've been known to change mono regularly, maybe every 6 trips/days.

I have had some FC on a reel for over a year but most last 3-4 months.  Non-FC I will change it in about 1-2 months.  Unspooled and in the package, as long as it is out of the sun and stored at room temp> I have had some for about 7 years that still's good. 

I have a jumbo spool of BPS Excel 20lb mono I am still using and it is 15 years old.  I keep it in the box hanging on my fishing peg board on our lower level.