I hear tell that a lot of people use monofilament for ribbing. From what I've seen, this is the same monofilament used for fishing line. I have a bunch of it in various diameters, but I'm wondering how much of a pain in the rear it is to work with and if there are any tips or tricks to making it work.

Every mono I've ever seen is very slippery and I can't imagine the thread grabbing it well or the mono itself grabbing materials with any real dedication. Am I just wrong about this and it will work fine? Is there anything special I'd want to do while tying with it, or tricks to using it?

More generally, what sorts of applications do you feel you've just gotta have mono over, say, some form of wire? As I've mentioned many times I'm completely new at this game and any pointers or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!