"JR" wrote in message ...
Tom Nakashima wrote:
Greetings,
I had a Salmon/Steelhead fly line put on by 10wt reel by Orvis on
Wednesday and when I cast it yesterday, I noticed there is a knot under
the coating about 35' in from the tip of the line. I could feel a lump
under the coating when I use my line hand. At first I thought it was
just the coating, but the coating looks fine. I pulled on the line a bit
to try to stretch it out, but no luck. Would this be a defected line?
It bothers me in a sense that it's right where my line hand touches.
Advice? take it back to Orvis?
-tom

Since the "weight" of a fly line corresponds to optimal loading of a rod
of similar "weight" with 30 ft of the line out, Orvis has introduced
this marker to let you know when in fact you have enough line out to
load the rod properly.

No, just kidding. Send it back.

JR,
That may in fact be the case. I once had a WF (Cortland IIRC) that had a
distinct bump at the end of the WF section (more noticeable than just the
change to a straight taper). The literature that came with the line made
mention of this feature.

Bob Weinberger

BTW the"O" is running @10,400CFS!!! - was 200CFS when you & I last fished
it.