Piker20 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2017 I use braid. Kastking 20lb. Comes in colours if that's your thing and is plenty strong enough. Also comes in bigger spools than fly line backing for same price Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris_NH 0 Report post Posted April 4, 2017 Not sure what pinch would require my use of mono as backing. The rather obvious pinch is having nothing else on hand and having to set up an extra spool in a hurry. I obviously wasn't advocating the use of mono in place of dacron. And we hardly needed the lecture on why mono isn't optimal as a fly line backing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocco 0 Report post Posted April 4, 2017 Chris NH, Sorry you to took it as a superfluous lecture and an affront. My intent was to save some newB, as I was when I tried it, from thinking why not? In that context, I still think it worth saying, as you did not specify the down sides. Regards, Rocco Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
