Hi Larry,

Your line has to be new so it does not soak up water.

It needs to be clean and dressed.

If you had a newer fast, light 9.5 or 10' #5 rod it would help too. Sage XP
or GLX?

I like the Sage Performance taper.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA

Web site: www.kiene.com


"Larry L" wrote in message
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I fish two or three places, Hebgen gulpers, Davis Lake damsel hatch, and
others similar, where I have yet to feel I've "solved" the casting
requirements of the situation. Specifically, you have a long line out on
the water and want to pick it up and lay it down quickly in a new direction
to cover a riser that has cruised into range. All stripping in of line
to get to the 'head," and false casting use up valuable time ..... cover
these fish quickly and you've got him ... take a while and you probably
guessed wrong on where he was headed. I need to be able to pick up a long
floating line off a stillwater and maximize my minimal abilities doing so.

My question, as my post season tackle check shows my lake floating line
cracked and ready for replacement, is there a specialty taper available
that will help in this situation?

For kickboating stillwaters, I, usually, fish an 25++ year old Scott 10ft
5wt that is lovely for the work, in general, and I have a wide variety of
lines for it. But it's rather slow in action ... maybe one of the
'modern' broomstick rods would be best for this special situation? I
doubt I'll invest in a special rod, but if I did, what 5wt rod would be
best, period ? best for the buck? is the TFO 5wt TICR suitable?