For bows I use a 28" Ugly Stick medium action. On my 30" MH combos for lake trout I use fireline but in my shallower water setups I just use 6lb mono. I will add, the 28" ugly stik does not seem to get as good of a hook up ratio in deeper water. I was using them yesterday 20' down and lost a few fish, which usually doesn't happen when it is set to shallow.