Well to answer the OP's question, no 20ft is not enough to fish stillwaters effectively. You should have a minimum 20ft in the air when false casting just to load your rod properly. As far as lines, RIO makes one the the best lines in the industry and in my opinion, better than S/A and much better than Airflo. Unless you're on the water almost everyday, your line should last you more than a season. If it doesn't, you're not taking care of it or you just got a bad line in which case you take it back under warranty or email the company and explain what happened. I switched all of my lines over to RIO several years back and it was the best decision I made (no I am not sponsored by RIO). My 2nd choice in line would be S/A, they are making some good lines lately but I am no a fan of Cortland (cracks pre-maturely). When I used to manage the north side fishin' hole, the #1 line that got returned was Airflo. My 2 cents anyway.
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