I use the CX premium. It casts further than the SOS and is thinner, but the SOS is a much tougher line


Mike

I wear PF Flyers. I can run faster and jump higher in them.

Hope you have the vintage ones....cause your paying an arm n leg for them now! :D

I will put my two cents in here since all I fish for is trout and all I know. I use a 9' rod with 2 lb test SOS line and most times I use two different floro leaders. When I started using the 9' rod with micro guides my casting distance improved over old type of guides and a 6' rod. I change out my line after 4 to 6 fishing trips.It also has to do with how many I catch.If I catch over 100 each trip I will change after 4th trip.
How I use floro is I will tie a 5' piece of 2 lb test T M floro and then tie around 3 to 4' piece of Seaguar 6X floro. Since I started doing this I numbers have increased according to my fishing diary.
However,like I said earlier I only fish for trout and I am always looking for ways to improve my numbers and size.Being retired also gives me plenty of time to work at this.
Fishing for larger trout is a different story.

TC,
Have you tried just making an 8' Flouro leader with just the Seaguar or just the TM Flouro?
I understand the long leader on trout streams for sure, I was just curious if there was a reason for using both kinds instead of just 1 longer leader.

I haven't used magnets on Trout yet, I've been in ponds so far with much less water clarity than trout streams.
I do think the Flouro leader gets me a few more bites even in the ponds sometimes( compared to tying straight to my HiViz mono :) ), but I'm only putting 2-3' of Flouro on with the dingy water.

The main reason for using two different kinds of floro is primarily the cost. The Trout Magnet floro is around $5 for 25 yd spool where Seaguar is around $20 for 25 yds.
I will say that some of the streams I fish in NM and Co I use one piece of Seaguar of around 8-9'.

Thanks TC, that was my assumption.
You obviously believe it is worth the extra $$ too, good to know :)

Lot of good info here