On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 17:07:52 -0500, Flyfish wrote:

Going to be getting a new floater, my rio mainstream is wasted. In the past
I've been a big fan of Cortland 444 SL and Lazer lines.

So looking over the current offerings I am attracted by the Cortland 555
Ghost tip, 15 feet of clear floating tip sounds like it might just be the
ticket for spooky fish. Seems like I recall mixed reaction to the 555 lines
though.

So is the 555 really cool or the pits?

I've had a WF/F 555 on my primary (9/5) rod for the last two or maybe even
three years.

- I like the "castability" - it's a relatively stiff line and shoots very well
indeed. And I like the olive color (I guess there was some other, not so
pleasing color that I managed to avoid).

- I discovered I don't like mono-core lines as I can't needle-knot 'em, so I
ended up gluing on a braided loop - which I'm not crazy about.

It's not a floating clear-tip line, however. The little I've heard about those
was dominated by the poor floating tip.

Other thoughts?

Soitenly!

- The Cortland 444SL and SA Mastery lines that I (still) use on the rest of my
rods are damned fine braided-core lines.

- We're gonna get blown out of any Andy conceptions this weekend :-(

/daytripper (buttoning up for some wet 'n' windy action...)