"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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Tom Nakashima wrote:
Has anyone here tried the Cortland 444 Sylk line?
It has a smaller dia. than most of the Double Taper lines on
the market. I was wondering how it cast, and since it's smaller
in dia, how it would rollcast.

I have a Cortland Sylk DT4 that I use on a bamboo rod.
It's great for delicate work, laying out a gentle 25
foot cast, but not good for distance or roll casting.
It's a very limp, and I mean *very* limp, fly line. I
have a real Phoenix Silk fly line in DT5 for my other
bamboo and the Cortland Sylk is even limper than the
real thing. If you're used to a stiff, slick coating
on your fly line for roll casting etc., you probably
wouldn't like Cortland Sylk.

--
Ken Fortenberry

How do you like the Phoenix Silk? Rollcast?
I just pulled up the Phoenix website,
so you dress the line accordingly? Sinking, floating?
Expensive line. $268.07 = 190.00 Euro for 7wt DT...think I
converted that right.
I'll probably stick with the conventional DT line for now, I enjoy
the rollcast.
-tom