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My history is whatever is handy. Always used Dacron, never nylon or mono as a main line. Easy to handle, super durable and lasts almost forever on tippys. 30 - 36# provides enough diameter to handle easily and still get 50 yds. on a regular spool. You can use "whatever" for as long a leader as you like so it really doesn't matter. Over the years it's been black because that's what was left over from respooling my musky reels. I like that because it's easy to see on the ice when you're hand over handing.That said I've tried tan, camo, fluorescent orange and chartreuse (catfish line), white/green spot, white/black spot and chartreuse/green spot . Color never seemed to make a difference. Like I said, tie as long a leader as you're comfortable with and line color won't matter as much as your location and presentation at the end of that line. If you have confidence in a certain color that's OK but in the end it's only one less thing you're thinking about and you can concentrate on the important stuff. Oh yeah, there's no advantage to superline (braid, fused whatever) of any kind because the expense can't be justified unless you like saying, "Oh, I got (fill in your favorite, sexy line) on my tippys and I catch a ton of fish". Fine, not me. First, to get a reasonable handling diameter you'd need 80 - 100# test. Second, no dark color (which I like) lasts very long. I don't do it even though I have stuff from respooling musky reels. Just me.I don't worry about it. Just concentrate on the rest...
So that sums it up Is the Dacron just normal line or is there an ice use Dacron The interwebs don’t seem to specify Thanks for the reply’s! Won’t be long 😜
25# squid line on the spools, leaders depends on what fish targeted. 3-4lb clear for trout, 8 lb for bass. use an 'ice' lineburp