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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Fly line review!

So many line are coming out geared toward certain fishing situations.  This is most common in freshwater.  No longer is it just sinking lines and floating lines with some in-between.  But what most of us have to find is a line that works best across the board.  SA has General purpose taper, and then good big fly lines, but i want a line i can do it all with.  I just wanted a line that could nymph, drift drys, cast bass bugs, swing sculpin flies, and lay down a cast for a carp.  What i found was no general purpose line in fact, it was a line that was meant to hunt one fish.  Rio's Smallmouth bass fly line.  It might have been meant for smallies, but anyone who has fished them knows, you need a line that dose it all.  Smallies need to be fished with most freshwater technices, and ever a few saltwater tatices are sometimes needed.  I found that when i needed a floating line, almost always this line was great.  Distance cast was easy with it, and short cast where great, it was super accurate, and even was great for sight fishing roughfish.
I love this line
But if you throw big flies for preditors this line is great.  For most general purpose fishing i recomend a six weight line on a five or six weight rod.  Even larger for bigger fish.
Don't let the name fool you, its for everything and dose it all.