My first question for the OP is , what is your water clarity?
I fish heavy cover with fairly stained water with visibility between 2-4 ft. I have no problem catching crappie and gills on 10 lb hi vis mono mono.
I get a lot of bass and catfish that will quickly pop lighter line.
Also recently started using braid sometimes with a mono leader.



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