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Old October 10th, 2007, 01:05 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
Zimbo
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Default Anyone try the Cortland 444 Sylk line?

On Oct 9, 4:22 pm, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

It's a great fly line, it may sound expensive but properly
taken care of it will outlast 5 or 6 plastic lines. All I
have to do now is live long enough to realize the cost
benefit. ;-)


I bought a Phoenix silk fly line several years ago with this same
mindset. Unfortunately, a mouse got into my fly fishing gear and
gnawed the silk line into several pieces. 1 out of 1 garage mice
prefer silk to plastic.

Is it just me or have silk lines gone way up in price in the last,
say, 5 years. Seems like I bought mine for $90 which seemed like a
ripoff at the time (not that it stopped me) but that was nothing
compared to the $250ish today.

--Steve