Anyone try the Cortland 444 Sylk line?

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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Tom Nakashima wrote:
Has anyone here tried the Cortland 444 Sylk line?
It has a smaller dia. than most of the Double Taper lines on
the market. I was wondering how it cast, and since it's smaller
in dia, how it would rollcast.

I have a Cortland Sylk DT4 that I use on a bamboo rod.
It's great for delicate work, laying out a gentle 25
foot cast, but not good for distance or roll casting.
It's a very limp, and I mean *very* limp, fly line. I
have a real Phoenix Silk fly line in DT5 for my other
bamboo and the Cortland Sylk is even limper than the
real thing. If you're used to a stiff, slick coating
on your fly line for roll casting etc., you probably
wouldn't like Cortland Sylk.

--
Ken Fortenberry

How do you like the Phoenix Silk? Rollcast?
I just pulled up the Phoenix website,
so you dress the line accordingly? Sinking, floating?
Expensive line. $268.07 = 190.00 Euro for 7wt DT...think I
converted that right.
I'll probably stick with the conventional DT line for now, I enjoy
the rollcast.
-tom

Tom Nakashima wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
... I
have a real Phoenix Silk fly line in DT5 for my other
bamboo and the Cortland Sylk is even limper than the
real thing. If you're used to a stiff, slick coating
on your fly line for roll casting etc., you probably
wouldn't like Cortland Sylk.

How do you like the Phoenix Silk? Rollcast?
I just pulled up the Phoenix website,
so you dress the line accordingly? Sinking, floating?
Expensive line. $268.07 = 190.00 Euro for 7wt DT...think I
converted that right.
I'll probably stick with the conventional DT line for now, I enjoy
the rollcast.

It's a great fly line, it may sound expensive but properly
taken care of it will outlast 5 or 6 plastic lines. All I
have to do now is live long enough to realize the cost
benefit. ;-)

I don't rollcast much and I don't fish anything other than
a floating line with the bamboo rod. I treat the silk with
Red Mucilin and when it starts to sink (5-6 hours of fishing)
I turn the DT around and fish the other end. I hang it up to
dry overnight, treat both ends again the next morning and
it's ready to go for 10-12 more hours of fishing.

--
Ken Fortenberry

On Oct 9, 4:22 pm, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

It's a great fly line, it may sound expensive but properly
taken care of it will outlast 5 or 6 plastic lines. All I
have to do now is live long enough to realize the cost
benefit. ;-)


I bought a Phoenix silk fly line several years ago with this same
mindset. Unfortunately, a mouse got into my fly fishing gear and
gnawed the silk line into several pieces. 1 out of 1 garage mice
prefer silk to plastic.

Is it just me or have silk lines gone way up in price in the last,
say, 5 years. Seems like I bought mine for $90 which seemed like a
ripoff at the time (not that it stopped me) but that was nothing
compared to the $250ish today.

--Steve

Zimbo wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
It's a great fly line, it may sound expensive but properly
taken care of it will outlast 5 or 6 plastic lines. All I
have to do now is live long enough to realize the cost
benefit. ;-)

I bought a Phoenix silk fly line several years ago with this same
mindset. Unfortunately, a mouse got into my fly fishing gear and
gnawed the silk line into several pieces. 1 out of 1 garage mice
prefer silk to plastic.

Is it just me or have silk lines gone way up in price in the last,
say, 5 years. Seems like I bought mine for $90 which seemed like a
ripoff at the time (not that it stopped me) but that was nothing
compared to the $250ish today.

Phoenix silk lines cost about the same as they always have,
it's the US dollar going down the toilet that makes them much
more expensive to import.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Zimbo wrote:

Is it just me or have silk lines gone way up in price in the last,
say, 5 years. Seems like I bought mine for $90 which seemed like a
ripoff at the time (not that it stopped me) but that was nothing
compared to the $250ish today.

You'd have to be a complete fool to pay that much for a flyline.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

In article ,
Ken Fortenberry wrote:

It's a great fly line, it may sound expensive but properly
taken care of it will outlast 5 or 6 plastic lines. All I
have to do now is live long enough to realize the cost
benefit. ;-)

The SA sharkskin also outlasts conventional lines by 6x. And is only
$100. And casts farther.