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"riverman" wrote:

Which makes things WORSE. all that invisible line for fish to get
snapped up in

It'd be pretty hard for a fish to get 'snapped up in' little 1/2 to 1-inch
pieces of mono. I haul out lots more mono from spincasters's birdsnests than
I ever leave behind.

Again you are forgetting about the line that you lose from a snag or
from a fish. If you loose it to a rock you could easily have 4 feet of
line. If its mono it will break down and disintegrate. If its
polycarbin it will stay in tact for life.