Dalk, if you're dead-set against braid use the 20-pound fluoro. I like Vicious and haven't had any problems with it.
Be sure to wet the knot when you cinch it. I use a Palomar for everything.
A key to braid is spooling it on very tightly. I wear gloves to hold the line when I'm winding it on and really try to get it on there tight. During a day on the water I'll re-do that occasionally, but I use 65-pound test and don't have much bother with dig-in problems.
I have 30-pound braid (10-pound diameter) on a reel that I use for topwaters, spinnerbaits, jigs and plastics. It's sort of a testing and all-around setup. I occasionally get a casting backlash. They're not fun.
Power Pro braid and Fireline superline.
