I had about $1,000~ to spend on my new pond and small river bank fishing gear (rod, reel, and line all included in that figure) I decided on:

 

Dobyns Champion XP 684C

Lew's Tournament Pro

 

Dobyns Sierra 683C

Lew's Tournament MP

 

Dobyns Fury 662SF

Shimano NASCI 1000

 

My choices were methodical. I needed something sensitive for jigs and Texas rigs. The Champion accomplishes that. It can and will fish 3/8oz chatterbaits and spinner baits, as well, and basically anything else I tie on within its weight range; but primarily bottom contact. I needed something for lipless crankbaits and squarebill crankbaits, but that will also fish weightless soft plastics. The Sierra, with its flex, accomplishes this. I also needed something for finesse, primarily Ned rigs, 4" Senkos wacky rigged, trick worms wacky rigged, and swimming grubs. The Fury accomplishes this. I decided to go cheaper here because the Ned rig is a no feel bait and the hooks I use for the wacky rig sticks them with little effort or feel; I get a tug and lean and reel into it.

 

Now here's my dilemma. I'm putting 10lb Yozuri on the Sierra/MP and 10lb Power Pro to 8lb Red Label on the Fury/NASCI. 

 

I have absolutely no idea what to put on the Champion/Pro. With all that I want to do with that set-up, there are merits for straight monofilament, copolymer, straight fluorocarbon, or braid to a leader of any of those things. Sometimes trebles will be used on the Champion, such as for bigger lipless crankbaits, spooks, ploppers, as well. What would YOU do? (Tatsu is absolutely off the table)

   If you're going to be using trebles, start with nylon line. I would start with 12 lb. test Big Game, but that's just me. Some people hate Big Game.

   The thing is, you need some "give" with trebles. InvizX has "give", so if you want to try fluoro, I'd go with InvizX. I've used it and I like it. As for copolymer lines, I don't know one with stretch.

    Other people will undoubtedly chime in here, and you'll probably get more advice than you know what to do with. That's what's great about this place; you get answers looking at all sides of the problem.  ?    jj

  

Well first, nice selection in rod choices. I got my oldest son a Sierra 704C and Sierra 703C, and between just those two rods, you can really cover a wide variety of lures without sacrificing much. He's been running Yo Zuri Hybrid 15lb (which is the diameter of most 17lb line) on the 704C and 12lb Yo Zuri on the 703C for a few seasons. And since you have your bases covered for lighter lures with your other two rods,

 

I personally run straight fluorocarbon on everything where possible, mono for topwater and braid on my spinning gear and with my frog rod and pitching rod for heavy cover, it's my preference. Based on my preferences, I would go the same route. From the sounds of it, I'm guessing you don't have a lot of weeds to contend with, so I would say 12lb or 15lb should do the trick but 17lb would be a solid choice if you do throw in weeds often. The main advantage of going with 30 or 40lb braid to me would be if you ever plan to throw a hollow body frog

If it were me, I would go 30lb 832 then add a leader of fc or mono as the situation required.