solotripper wrote on Jul 11^th, 2016 at 5:03pm:

Quote: maybe by year 3 it's performing at around 10#. I'm on the 4th year with my #15 Power Pro Red and I still have NEVER lost a fish from the line breaking as long as I cut it back when I saw abrasion. It's not even RED anymore, more like "rust" colored.  ;) ;D Unlike Mono, braid doesn’t absorb water AND exposure to sunlight doesn’t hurt it like mono. You see a lot of people leave their rod/reels spooled with mono just stored in exposed fishing racks in boats or another sun exposed area. Then they wonder why after a season two the line breaks off when they have the “big’ one on. Here’s a very informative article about fishing lines.   (You need to Login or Register

Good article. I bookmarked it for a good reference on lines.