Used Dam Tectan for a very short while. Cabellas was selling the 2# test in bulk spools...on sale and I forget the price. This was years back. The line was bad....maybe 20 feet would be good and then 5 feet would break just by a slight pull. Many of us who bought that line tried to get a refund from Cabellas.......no go, they would not do it. Any line can go bad if exposed to sun and very high heat. I have not seen any Tectan in 2# test for a while now...as LedHed said I think they quit making it. Line discussions are really a mute point and here is my reason I think that is so. Most folks will settle on a brand of line and that is it...they will not try another line. They may try a new line in 4 or 5 years but most get set on it and will not stray. There are a few who will constantly try new lines...I am one of them. While SOS 2# test is my go to line I am always checking out new lines. All of my reels are JDM reels with shallow spools...only holding 85-95 yards of 2# test. My SOS line is coming off a 20,000 yard bulk spool. My Japanese lines that I buy are not bulk but the spools are made to fill a JDM reel 2-3 times. Even if I want to try a new line on the USA market I can get 3 refills off the standard 300 yard spool. I go overkill on changing out line. When I am fishing my 4-5 days a week I change it out each week. If it is white bass season where I am catching 100-200 of those a day I will change the line out after a single day like that...which for the next 5 months or so will be pretty often. I have several new lines coming for Christmas out of Japan. I must admit I am a tackle enthusiast. One of the lines I really like for super UL fishing is the Ester mono out of Japan. It looks like mono but is made from polyester and has no stretch...I mean none. It is the only line I know of that has zero stretch. My tackle quest is ongoing....and I guess I will be until I die or give up fishing.


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