Maxima Ultra Green is a traditional choice of many professionals. It's a tried and true mono material that has superb knot strength and is incredibly abrasion resistant.
The soft, supple material has very little memory in larger diameter, and cold weather doesn't make it stiff and brittle. Maxima remains relatively inexpensive, and many of our traditional steelhead and salmon fishermen just won't accept any substitute.
Their argument is a good one, "why mess with success?"
