18 pound test lead, 20 pound plus on the backing. i fish with a three color setup and count out more backing to go deeper and that works for me all year. i find this setup works good for me right thru the summer and early in the year with planer boards, infact i have been using it this summer as well with the boards ands its catching more than the down riggers this year. the 18 pound test has the best sinkrate of the bunch and stands up a couple years. if you setup with three colors you can setup a second outfit with 7 colors, more than i would ever want to fish with unless i was handlining lakers deep

Like lol Dave said go to Aj's he will sell you a great combo. Try fishing streamers with the lead line, which you can also get at Aj's. Good luck with the lead line, right now they are at 8 colors for me. Cody