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tomcat
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okay, lets see who really knows their stuff....
since i have been fly fishing (about a year now and over 75 days on the water fishing different types of streams and rivers) i have only fished wf-X-f line. i have read about double taper ine and it sounded like the line for me. what i understood it to be is a sacrific in casting length, but ultra easy to gently cast/place and super easy to mend.
last week i ventured to using a dt-4-f line on my 8 1/2 ft. 4 wt rod. i thought it was awesome. especially nymphing and dry fly fishing using a super extended downstream drift. the following day i used my wf-5-f on my 8 1/2 5 wt rod, same sort of fishing and i believe i saw an amazing difference in that the wf line was harder to mend and control.
i never attempt long casts, rather i get into position to make the shortest most effective cast i can make. so being that is my style, i think the double taper is for me. in fact i went out and bought 2 spare spools for each of my go to reels and put dt-4-f and dt-5-f line on them.
gonna use them side by side tomorrow so i hope to further validate my experience.
how about you guys? what say you on the subject.
thanks,
tomcat
since i have been fly fishing (about a year now and over 75 days on the water fishing different types of streams and rivers) i have only fished wf-X-f line. i have read about double taper ine and it sounded like the line for me. what i understood it to be is a sacrific in casting length, but ultra easy to gently cast/place and super easy to mend.
last week i ventured to using a dt-4-f line on my 8 1/2 ft. 4 wt rod. i thought it was awesome. especially nymphing and dry fly fishing using a super extended downstream drift. the following day i used my wf-5-f on my 8 1/2 5 wt rod, same sort of fishing and i believe i saw an amazing difference in that the wf line was harder to mend and control.
i never attempt long casts, rather i get into position to make the shortest most effective cast i can make. so being that is my style, i think the double taper is for me. in fact i went out and bought 2 spare spools for each of my go to reels and put dt-4-f and dt-5-f line on them.
gonna use them side by side tomorrow so i hope to further validate my experience.
how about you guys? what say you on the subject.
thanks,
tomcat