I don't have one of the new Cortland Sylk lines, but I have used one
for a few hours. I have a good friend that has had one for about a year
now and when he offered the use of it I took him up on it. It seemed
ok to me, but I was not overly impressed. A few months ago I was in a
fly shop and they had the old Cortland 444 peach lines in a weight
forward 3 on slae for 25% off, so I bought one of them instead. Fred
was not overly impressed either. He bought one of the silk lines made
by I think it was Phoenix. That was over 200 bucks, but he just loves
that line. I have to admit that I have been using the old Cortland 444
peach lines for a long time now and they are my favorite lines for 5
weight and under and have at least one of them in all weights from 2
thru 5 and don't see me not keeping all of them till I wear them out.
If you decide to go with the Sylk line, let me know how you like it
after using it for a while.

Fred finds that the silk lines do not take too much maintenance. He
just unreels the line in the back of his Durango and lets it dry out in
the truck after fishing. He then redresses the line and it is good for
the next days fishing. He has not had a problem with it needing to be
redressed during the day's fishing. If it were not for the cost, I
would like to buy one of the silk lines, but they are a little too rich
for my blood.

Big Dale