lines
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The most commonly used fishing line currently is monofilament, because it is cheap, light, fairly strong, and clear. The biggest problems with monofilament is that it tends to have memory problems. When the line is left on a reel for an extended period of time it tend to remain curled. This is mainly a problem for bait or drift fishing, because the line tends to hold slack.
In most instances the line is attached to a pole of some sort, but in some places people do hand line. The problem with this is it is very difficult to hold fishing line in your hand. You can wrap it around your hand but this is limited to small fish because the line is so thin that if a large fish begins to pull that force is over a small area so the pressure on your hand will get big fast.
