I’m considering cutting down on how many different line types/sizes I’m using. It gets to be a lot to manage and keep track of, so I’m thinking I may go a different route and consolidate down to 6-8 different part numbers and making those work.

How many different line types/weights do you keep on hand?

6,8,12 and heavy braid for up top so 4 types

8lb,12lb in mono and 40lb-50lb in braid.

15, 17 Fluro, and 30, 40 braid

12, 14, 15, 20 & 25lb fluoro

3 product lines from 2 manufacturers

30, 50, 65 & 80lb braid

2 product lines from 2 manufacturers

Mike

A-Jay

X-braid across the board - nothing smaller than #0.6 on spinning tackle, #0.8 on BFS.

Nothing larger than #2.5 on frogger (and in the surf).

Fluoro leader by dia. is #2 to #3.5, 9 to 45 lbs breaking strength.

Weights for bass are 3 g to 1 oz

6/8/12/15/20 lb for mono and 50-65 lb braid. I fish everything from crappie jigs up to big swimbaits and I use the braid for top water.

For weights, I am assuming you are referring to bottom contact baits like a jig or shaky head or Texas rig. I use everything from no weight at all up to 1.5 oz flipping jigs or punch weights.

Just depends on the depth/cover/mood of the fish.

I have FC 4-20#, Tripolymer 4-15#, Braid 6-65# I had to make a spread sheet to keep track of it all. It depends on whether I am using spinning or baitcaster also the technique what line I use. Trying to cut it down to only a few different lines.

When I lived in PA 8# mono or co-polymer on Medium and ML power rods. 12# on MH rods. 17# on Heavy. For braid 40# (one or two reels). Now that I'm in Florida many of my reels will be getting braid. Mostly in 30#. A couple or so with 45#. Those not changed will continue to use what's already spooled. I see no need for changing line weight when fishing open water.

Also must admit I'll never need to buy another spool of line. Have about 85 spools currently. No spreadsheet yet but plan on keeping track of line/reel combinations as I go forward.

flouro. 12 - 80%, 14 - 20%

Braid. 65lb. keeping it simple.

this is freshwater only. weights. almost all 3/16th.

3 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

6/8/12/15/20 lb for mono and 50-65 lb braid. I fish everything from crappie jigs up to big swimbaits and I use the braid for top water.

For weights, I am assuming you are referring to bottom contact baits like a jig or shaky head or Texas rig. I use everything from no weight at all up to 1.5 oz flipping jigs or punch weights.

Just depends on the depth/cover/mood of the fish.

I apologize. That wasn’t very clear. I was asking about line ratings, not lure weights.

Your setup is similar in spool count to where I think I’m heading. 12/15/20 fluoro, 20/30/65 braid, 12/15 mono. That’s the working list right now anyway.

Depends on your preferences and the rods you have but you could even simplify that further if you wanted. I am experimenting a little right now but if you looked at my rods a year ago you would have found 12/16/20 mono (big game in 20, supernatural for the rest), one rod with 18 shooter fluoro, one rod with 50 braid, and then 10# braid to leader on spinning rods. I threw in some 12 and 15 fluoro this year for a little better abrasion resistance trial but it’s not like I was losing fish because of it. Just retrying a little more often.

For me baitcasters are pe 1 on bfs to 50 pound braid. 12-16 mono and 12 and 17 flouro. Spinning is just 10 or 15 braid to 10-12 leader.

Mono 4-60lb, Trilene XL and Big game. Everything from backing to mainline and leaders for the bay.

Copoly 6-35lb, Yo Zuri Hybrid and Ultragreen. BFS, mainline, leaders.

Fluoro 6-20lb, mainline on casting reels. Everything from BFS to big swimbaits. InvizX, Tatsu, Assassin, Samurai

Blue Label dedicated leader 6-20lb.

Braid 10ish lb (0.185mm) to 80lb. Spinning rods, heavy cover rods, bay rods. PEX8, 832, EndurX, MaxQuatro

Atm 8, 20, 25, 30 and 65. All braid.

30 and 40 pound braid

12 pound mono

10 and 30 pound fluoro for leader material

That's just for bass fishing. Not panfish, walleye, or muskie fishing.

8,10,12,15 and 20lbs fluoro (Seaguar Invisx). Lighter weight used for braid to leaders setups on spinning gear. 12lbs for cranks, Chatterbaits, and football jigs, 15lbs for spinnerbaits, and 20lbs for pitching.

10,12, and 15lbs mono (Trilene Big Game) 10lbs for squarebills and small poppers, 12lbs for small buzzbaits/ploppers, 15lbs for spooks.

10, 12, and 50 lbs braid ( Suffix 832 and Revolve) mainline for spinning gear and 50lbs for punching.

X-9 braid - 10lb, 15lb & 20lb labeled test.

Nylon/Fluorocarbon co-polymer monofilament for leaders 0.010 dia., 0.012 dia. and 0.015 diameter.

832 Braid 30 and 50

Inviz X 6 8 10 12 15 17

Sniper 5lb and 7lb

mono...4-15 lb. trilene xl or big game......braid 30-40 lb.

50 lb braid for frogs

12 lb copoly for top waters

10=12 FC for everything else

20# braid on spinning

30# braid for flipping/pitching

50# braid for frogs

12-15# Berkley Big Game on BC for trebles, spinner/buzzbaits-anywhere a little stretch and forgiveness is appreciated. 15# Big Game is very tough. I feel certain it's stronger than its rating.

Braid lasts a very long time. I use a backing of cheap mono and buy smaller spools of braid. Big Game is so cheap you can afford to respool whenever you feel like it. I also keep a spool in my bag in case I birdnest the braid on my pitching combo-it has happened while on vacation.

You can use braid twice. Reel it off on another reel, repeat, reel it back onto the first reel. You're now using the unused end. Good as new. You can also use a Sharpie to darken the line when it gets bleached out from use and the sun.

12,15 pound big game

40, 50 pound suffix 832 braid

I like braid on swim jigs and frogs. And on flipping baits. I’ll fish mono for everything else mostly. Experimenting with mono on buzzbaits right now. I don’t think line makes a huge difference on a buzzbait.

I like big game for its size to break ration. 12 pound breaks upward of 15 and 15 breaks upward of 18.

4 different poundages. 2 different lines. 3 of one, 1 of the other.