Like your friends, although I own Sage, G. Loomis, and St. Croix rods (among
others), I find my self doing most of my trout fishing with my 7'6" Three
Forks 3 wt. with the Cabela's reel.

Glad to hear some confirmation!

However under no circumstances would I recommend
getting the Cabela's brand line.

I bought my Three Forks as a package - rod, reel, line, backing, & tapered
leader - for $89 IIRC. I threw the line away after only a couple of uses.

Sorry to hear you had back luck with the line, Bob. I've been using
my 3 wt. line for several years and an 8 wt for even longer, with no
problems.

Even the $20 Aquanova line made in Canada (avail @ several sites on the
Web) is far superior to the Cabela's line.

Thanks for posting that info, Bob. I'm glad to know about that, and
I'm sure others are too. When I need a line, I'll give Aquanova a
try.

vince