Cutting the taper off DT line?

On Nov 26, 3:09 pm, "Tom Nakashima" wrote:
I read an article over the holidays about a technique of cutting the taper
of a double taper line when nymph fishing. The reasons were to have better
line management control, and the ability to throw large weighted flies with
ease, plus a nice drift. The article stated that since dry-fly presentation
wasn't a concern, the taper was useless.

I've never even considered cutting the taper off a line, and wondering if
anyone has done that when nymphing?

Just because someone does a stupid thing and then gets it published in
an article does not make it a "right" thing. The taper exists for a
reason and many a fly fishermen gets good line management and tosses
large flies when nymphing. For that matter they sell level running
lines which are often used by Great Lakes Steelheader's which is what
I would suggest one does before they went and cut a perfectly good DT
fly line.