Time to replace mine. What do you thing is the best for year round flyfishing here in Chas? 8 wt Powell rod
I always use Courtland 444
I am throwing cortland 444 right now and I like it a lot… no too expensive and good quality. I have been throwing mine for the last 2 years and it’s time to replace mine too…
“I’ll be your huckleberry…” --Doc Holiday
SA makes a number of good fly lines for here. They even make a special taper for redfish. I use the bonefish just because I bought it before I went to the Bahamas. It works fine around here.
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Cortland tropics plus 444 or 555??? works fine in the heat, SA also is a great one
i use sa mastery redfish until h2o temp. drops to <60, then sa satery saltwater… have used every line on market and sa’s mastery lines are head and shoulders better than rest, more expensive, but worth it!!
Newman
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I second cpt. Newman… SA mastery lines are really worth the extra few dollars. The problem with charleston is that we experience two extream temperature ranges… really hot and humid during the summer and pretty dang cold in the fall and summer.
Although there are hundreds of different fly-lines in all kinds of tapers, colors, and for all different applications, when it comes right down to it there are really only two kinds of lines:
Mono Core- These lines are great for hot humid weather because they hold their composure when other lines will get soft and “gummy”. For a fly line to be effective it needs to have some rigidness to it. This allows it to shoot through the guides and gives you better distance and accuracy. The downside to these lines is that they have a lot of memory. Like cheap heavy mono that you would put on conventional gear, these lines will try to retain the shape of the spool, which as you can imagine will hinder its ability to flow smoothly through the guides and just all around mess up your cast. This memory is magnified by the cold weather that we have during the fall and winter. Depending on the company these lines may be called tropic lines, or tropicore, or bermuda lines, but whatever they call them these lines they are all pretty similar. Exaples of these lines from SA are the Bonefish series, the Redfish series, and the tarpon series. These lines can be fished in the colder months but you may have to streatch them to get the kinks out before you start fishing, it can be a pain so having a backup line for colder months may be a good option, which leads me to the next lines.
Braided Multifiber- These lines are composed of a braided core, that depending on the dompany could be made of any number of materials… They use some mono to achieve the rigidness I spoke of earlier, but mix it with other materials to prevent the memory present in mono core lines. These lines fish well in a larger range of temperatures, especially when the temp starts to drop. The downside i