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![]() "Ernie" wrote in message om... Double taper lines are suitable in all weights and for all occasions. They roll cast, mend well and you can turn them around when you wear one end out. Some other type lines are a little better for distance casting. Ernie That's definately the traditional statement about them, but I've heard that, in reality, DT lines are dinosaurs. Silk lines were expensive, and used to get waterlogged, so DTs were used so you could reverse the line and have an economical dry, waxed end. But modern lines have a different wear pattern: the tips wear, but you can trim that part off back to the flare. The rest of the body wears so slowly that by the time you need to reverse the line, you probably have bought several replacements already. And all that time you were waiting to make use of the reversibility of the line, the thick body of the the DT line just made for more heavy line to toss around, and that you're better off just cutting the end off your DTs for shooting heads. Is this wrong? --riverman |
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![]() Double taper lines are suitable in all weights and for all occasions. They roll cast, mend well and you can turn them around when you wear one end out. riverman That's definately the traditional statement about them, but riverman I've heard that, in reality, DT lines are dinosaurs. Silk riverman lines were expensive, and used to get waterlogged, so DTs riverman were used so you could reverse the line and have an riverman economical dry, waxed end. But modern lines have a different riverman wear pattern: the tips wear, but you can trim that part off riverman back to the flare. The rest of the body wears so slowly that riverman by the time you need to reverse the line, you probably have riverman bought several replacements already. Some people say that WF lines tend to wear at the spot where the thick part ends. (I think Mike also made that statement in the Baltic clave.) That makes sense, if we assume that modern lines really do wear from casting (I have no first hand experience on that). riverman And all that time you were waiting to make use of the riverman reversibility of the line, the thick body of the the DT line riverman just made for more heavy line to toss around, and that riverman you're better off just cutting the end off your DTs for riverman shooting heads. In that statement, I guess you're assuming that you want to shoot line. Because that's when the thick body is a disadvantage. Otherwise it's an advantage: if you want to roll cast, spey cast, make long overhead casts (without shooting line), or mend line, you need the thick body to transfer the energy all the way down the line. In addition, when you've got more than 30-40 feet of line out, the thick body makes it possible to load the rod to the fullest. Assuming that the rod can take it. For example, with two handed rods, it is possible to make _very_ long spey casts with a DT line. I've done it, although unfortunately can't do it consistently :-). Such casts make fishing in large rivers really enjoyable, because you don't have to retrieve the running line between the casts, as you would have to do with a WF line. In addition, I think that making long casts without shooting line is one of the most beautiful things in fly-fishing. :-) -- Jarmo Hurri Spam countermeasures included. Drop your brain when replying, or just use . |
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Jarmo Hurri wrote:
... parts snipped ... In addition, I think that making long casts without shooting line is one of the most beautiful things in fly-fishing. :-) Right you are Jarmo. When you get the hang of it the feel is as good as the looks. When lake fishing to rising trout it's really nice to be able to start a small roll, pick up 70 feet of line, make one backcast and redirect the fly 90 degrees to another rising fish before he's left the area. Chas remove fly fish to reply http://home.comcast.net/~chas.wade/w...ome.html-.html |
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