"Ken Fortenberry" wrote...

My first instinct is to go with a double taper
Cortland 444 Peach but I was wondering if anybody
out there in roff land would like to weigh in on
the Cortland 444 Sylk.


I used the 6 wt. Sylk on an 8 1/2' South Bend No.24 last year, and liked it.
It is denser than regular plastic lines so it can be smaller in diameter, so
they compensate by making the line slicker'n spit on an eel. It's also very
limber and floppy, so it doesn't cast like the stiffer lines, and has a
tendency for the loose line to want to wrap itself around you. I thought I
lost a tad of distance, but gained a prettier, more dainty presentation. I
feels really nice on the older rod with small line guides. It doesn't look
like silk, though. It looks like someone spilled pepper in the mustard.


Timothy Juvenal



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