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"Larry L" wrote in message
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"Tom Nakashima" wrote

Lefty Kreh would stand on his line and gently pull with both hands as he
worked out the coils of memory line.
-tom


I stand on my line and work with both hands .... I call it a totally
failed double haul

Flashback

When my wife and I were serious but still un-married ( been married
30+years now, so that was a while ago ) we went on a backpack into
Yosemite.

Not wanting the bears to get our food and definitely wanting to impress my
cute traveling companion, I set out to hang our food and show her how a
real he-man does that important task.

I found a suitable tree limb and a suitable rock. Then I tied some 1/8
inch nylon cord to the rock and wound up and let 'er fly, aiming to clear
the limb and then pull our food pack up out of harms way.

Well, I was standing on that 1/8 line and the rock wizzed up towards the
branch, jerked when it came up tight onto the section under my foot, and
then flew back at great speed. It hit me square in the forehead, nearly
knocking me out and opening an impressive and bloody wound G
So much for my macho outdoors hunk efforts :-)
My wife still has and still chuckles over a photo of me sitting, bandaged
and brooding, on a boulder after she patched me up.

End Flashback


Pretty funny Larry!,
-tom

In article . com,
George Adams writes
On Apr 27, 12:10 pm, "Larry L" wrote:
Checking my rods, I see that I could use a new floating 5wt line.

The last couple lines I bought ( for other rods ) disappointed me ... one, a
gray one ( maybe SA but I'm not positive ) has terrible memory and all
efforts to straighten it yield only poor results .... the other ( a Rio )
has a finish that turns sticky quickly ( I clean my lines often and even
bought some Rio brand line treatment trying to remedy this ) and then casts
poorly ..... and, of course, no floating line really floats worth ****
after the first hour

So, I bet some of you out there follow the "latest and greatest" product
trends .... is there a line available that comes close to it's adman hype?
What's the best available, at this time? opinions?

Call me a luddite, but I still prefer the old Cortland 444 peach
lines. I use them on my rods that see the most action, and I've been
seen fishing with Cortland 333 HT on the rods that see less use. I
keep them clean, use a bit of dressing, and am happy with both. The
333 doesn't las as long as the 444, but floating and short casting
characteristics seem fine to me.

OK you're a Luddite!

I'm qualified to say that 'cos I use the Cortland 444 peach line as well
- superb.

I like the Cortland 333 intermediate weight forward #8 line.
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Bill Grey