Line was all bought in the last two weeks, I kept it out of the light etc. I guess there is no real way to know how old it was when I bought it. I was fishing a finesse jig when most of the break offs occurred. I fished several different rods but mostly a 6 ft 6 in. MH Loomis, and a 7 ft. MH BPS extreme. It was definately one of those days. At one point on Friday, I broke off a big one and about two minutes later my buddy landed one about 3.5# on an ultra light spinning rig with 10 pound test that I gave him!