"NowItsWhatever" wrote in message
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Should floating fly line always float. I used a cheap fly rod combo this
weekend. The line floated well for a few hours. Then it started sinking
the first 20 - 30 feet or so. This was a problem because I was fishing in
a
lake using a dry fly and a drop fly. I wanted to let it sit out there
for
several minutes, but the fly line kept sinking. Do expensive fly lines
float better? Thanks.

A floatin' line should float, but there are any number of reasons why yours
might have begun to sink.

1) When the leader was tied onto the flyline, the flyline was cut--either
intentionally or accidentally. If you cut the *tag* en of the flyline after
you tied on the leader, and you didn't seal that cut end with some sort of
cement (zap-a-gap, hard as nails...), the flyline will wick up water just
like the wick in an oil lantern.

2) You might have cut thru the outer rubbery material on the flyline, when
you tied on the leader, and then you didn't seal that knot segment well
enough with glue or cement.

3) It could be that the flyline is just cheap/old.

You can let the flyline set for several days--stretched out--and then seal
the knot to leader connection with glue or cement to see if that solves the
problem. While in the stream, if your flyline begins to sink, false cast
that line several times to force water out the en of the line. I do this
when my line starts to sinkin'. I tend to keep flylines long after there
useful life, when they begin to crack and wick up water.

It has been my experience that *any* floating flyline will sink. However, I
also believe that higher priced, better quality lines, when treated
properly: cementing the flyline to leader connection, periodic cleaning,
dressing--according to the manuf. recommendations...

HTH'd

Op