For your purposes the Super Mono is a good line. I've used it a good bit on my stream rods with success. If you're looking to bo with a true braided line, as long as it's one of the newer Spectra type braids it'll be good stuff. I've enjoyed using Stren's new braided lines but I'm fishing 50 lb braid in very matted milfoil on Guntersville with that...whole different story there. Nail clippers will but any of that line, even the heavy stuff. You just gotta pull them sideways like little knives to cut it. Good luck and tight lines.