[Jigman13]

Long story short (and believe it or not), but my fishing passion resides offshore targeting pelagics. I fish sweet water to scratch my itch until the canyons and shark grounds warm up a bit (like now-ish).

The Shimano Tiagra 50WLRSA and 30WLRSAs (and Penn International 50w and 30w) that we use offshore for tuna, sharks, etc are spooled with #100 and #130 jerry brown hollowcore...and LOTS of it! I guess you can compare it using braid. To provide the desired stretch effect we add mono top shots (wind-ons) of jinkai or momoi in the 50-100 ft variety (sometimes smaller) @ about 100 lb test.

Although the initial investment is steep for the hollowcore line, it lasts several yrs depending on usage and all that needs to be replaced is the top shots.