Wayne Knight wrote:

Now-a-days it often depends on the rod.

The boys in love with the cortland 444 series neglect to mention there are
several different types of 444 lines being offered. Cortland now calls the
*regular* 444 line the 444 Classic.

Classic shmassic. You know anyone who says he drinks "classic Coke"
anymore?

"Peach" says it all. A "444 series" is marketing malarkey, built on a
recognized "brand" and intended to flimflam the impressionable rube and
the überconsumer (uh, present company excluded, of course g).

For medium and slower action rods, I like the SA Trout or RIO selective
Trout lines, usually in a DT. For really slow stuff I've been using the
Cortland Sylk. For the new fast action wonder sticks, look at one of the
slick coated WF lines that are a little heavier than the standard AFTMA like
the Cortland 444 Precision taper or SA XPS lines. But, I just put a RIO
nymph WF line on a BIIx and I wonder why I didn't try it sooner. Lastly a
versitile fly line that seems to do well on several different rod actions is
the Wulff triangle taper series. All of these are under $70.00

And all are superfluous fluff.

- JR