I recently bought a large bulk spool of stren original in 6 #, it does good on my crappie rods, fairly limp and exceptionally strong..I assumed it was in the clear blue I had used 20 years ago, nope..its clear, hard to see to tie on for a old blind man,,but I suffer through that because of its other qualitys...not saying its the bvest,,but I like it more every time I use it.