Foating lines

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?

Other thoughts?

Flyfish

"Flyfish" wrote in message
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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?

Other thoughts?

Flyfish

I've had difficulty with my 555 lines sinkin'. I have tried to seal them but they
just continue to suck-up water. Additionally, they seem coil badly in colder weather.
Granted I haven't purchased a 555, lately.

Mark

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...)

daytripper wrote:


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

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

the rain has started here... true to my joy in selfish schadenfreude,
here's hoping it moves on up your way in a hurry. this past weekend i
had the best flounder and puppy drum fishing adventure in more than 2
years. the salty water has just returned to normal in the pamlico sound
and we don't need any more floods thru the estuaries...

jeff

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 18:38:37 -0400, Jeff Miller
wrote:



daytripper wrote:


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

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

the rain has started here... true to my joy in selfish schadenfreude,
here's hoping it moves on up your way in a hurry. this past weekend i
had the best flounder and puppy drum fishing adventure in more than 2
years. the salty water has just returned to normal in the pamlico sound
and we don't need any more floods thru the estuaries...

Well, hell, if it means that at least *someone* will get to fish - even iffen
that someone is you - then send the whole shootin' match up here, we can take
it - and in truth it can't get much worse than the forecasts already claim.

It's been wet on and off here all day, and this will continue through tomorrow
night. My SO pointed out a window of opportunity on Saturday, as the forecast
calls for the Friday night rains to end early Saturday AM, and for the
Saturday evening rains to hold off until midnite, after which it will rain all
Sunday.

/daytripper (So we got that going for us ;-)

daytripper wrote:

/daytripper (So we got that going for us ;-)

bonnie moved on without much other than normal rain, though she was
accompanied by a few tornadoes this morning...charley is pounding
western fla. coast, but expected in nc late saturday or early sunday -
predicted to be mainly west of i-95 with only 1-2 inches of rain over
here... i might get some fishing in after all...i mean, fish gotta eat
even when it rains, eh?

jeff

daytripper wrote:

/daytripper (So we got that going for us ;-)

bonnie moved on without much other than normal rain, though she was
accompanied by a few tornadoes this morning...charley is pounding
western fla. coast, but expected in nc late saturday or early sunday -
predicted to be mainly west of i-95 with only 1-2 inches of rain over
here... i might get some fishing in after all...i mean, fish gotta eat
even when it rains, eh?

jeff

the rain has started here... true to my joy in selfish schadenfreude,
here's hoping it moves on up your way in a hurry.

Just to make you happy, Jeff, the rain began here in State College at
111:30 a.m. today, and it has rained almost constantly since then.

Oddly, although the telly is broadcasting flood warnings until noon
Sunday, the local streams (Penns, Spring, Little J) have not started
to rise yet, but it's to rain all night so my planned fishing trip
tomorrow will probably be a washout.

I hope this has made your day, Schadenfreudewise!

vince

aw hell vince... i think mt ararat is actually somewhere near state
college. it always rains up there, so that dampens a really good
schadenfreude. still, i take no pleasure in anyone missing a day of
fishing - esp. you. but, as you are retired and able to go most days, i
do envy you a bit on those beautiful spring and fall days.

jeff

vincent p. norris wrote:

the rain has started here... true to my joy in selfish schadenfreude,
here's hoping it moves on up your way in a hurry.


Just to make you happy, Jeff, the rain began here in State College at
111:30 a.m. today, and it has rained almost constantly since then.

Oddly, although the telly is broadcasting flood warnings until noon
Sunday, the local streams (Penns, Spring, Little J) have not started
to rise yet, but it's to rain all night so my planned fishing trip
tomorrow will probably be a washout.

I hope this has made your day, Schadenfreudewise!

vince

aw hell vince... i think mt ararat is actually somewhere near state
college.

No, that's Mt. Nittany!

it always rains up there...

Certainly seems that way this year, and a couple of recent years. But
our average rainfall is only 40 inches per year, which ain't
especially high.

I can remember wading Penn's Crick, near Cherry Run, when the water
was only up to my ankles! This is better.

.... as you are retired and able to go most days, i
do envy you a bit on those beautiful spring and fall days.

Yeah, we've had some of them, too, thank God.

Surprisingly, we got no rain today, and the sun peeked through a few
times. But the streams are muddy, and the storms haven't arrived yet.

Flood warnings are still being broadcast.

vince