william h.m. wood

I've been fishing for years with dispensable factory outlet junk lines.
Now I want something good.

What would be a good WF 3?

frank reid

For 3wt and under, I like lines that roll cast well. I use the Triangle
taper.

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wayne knight

Any of the premium WF lines by the major makers would be a good WF3. As to
your application what type rod, a faster action rod would probably do better
with one of the slick coated lines, whereas a slower action rod would do
better with a more supple rod. Used to be you could take a DT and cut it
half but the tapers have changed where that may not work as well for you. I
like the SA mastery and the Wulf series of lines myself.

bill kiene

William,

Sage worked with Dave Whitlock and Scientific Anglers a few years ago to
developed a series of small weight forward floating lines in #0 to #5 line
size for their small light "SPL" rods. It is called the 'Quiet Taper' and
would be worth a try.

Any of the premium fly lines should be good.

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flying squirrel

I'm happy with a Airflo Platinum Chalkstream that I bought because it was
the only decent line I could find in a small store. The finish is quite
slick.

fish.iddx.net

I only fish Cortland 444 on full lenght fly lines. (actually i use their
shooting line for my coastal fishing too)
The coating is superb, and the line keeps smooth and "silky" even when
fishing at very low temperatures. It floates well too(the floating lines of
course, hehe). I've heard that when fishing on locations where it can very
hot (fishing permit, tarpon, bonefish etc), the line will get very stick and
almost "rubberband" like. I've never fished such places, so I cant say if
that's true or not.

Also Cortland lines are very affordable compared to SA, TEENY and SAGE lines
imho. Some might say that SA lines are more durable than Cortland lines, but
when a Cortland costs 50% of en equal SA line, then you could change your
line every ½ season, and always have a fresh new line. Allthough i've never
had any problems at all with Cortland lines. )


/Thomas

devnull

I try to buy double tapers whenever possible (they're sometimes
hard to find). They work fine for me, and you can turn them
around and fish the other side of the line, thereby doubling
the line life. Weight forward lines (at least for small trout
stream rigs) where a conspiracy--by the line manufacturers--to
sell more lines.

jr

One of the best examples of how the industry is f***ing up the sport in
order to sell more stuff is the line manufacturers' screwing with line
weights (i.e., producing lines whose first 30 ft is not standard). A
very good summary was put together by Chuck Stranahan (Caddis Variant)
in his posts on this thread on the VFS forum:

http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zerothread?id=208385

JR

jarmo hurri

JR> One of the best examples of how the industry is f***ing up the
JR> sport in order to sell more stuff is the line manufacturers'
JR> screwing with line weights (i.e., producing lines whose first 30
JR> ft is not standard).

I'm curious: which manufacturers/lines no longer adhere to the
standards?

The one I know of is Scientific Anglers GPX (a 4wt line is in reality
something like 4.5wt).

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allen epps

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That may well be true JR (and I'll read the article later) but the
Cortland Quiet Taper WF3F I use has been a very good small stream line
that has a much shorter forward taper than most. That being said I
bought it knowing that after talking to the Cortland rep so there was
no false advertising involved. I don't think it roll casts as well as a
DT but it handles any wind and larger flies better than others I've
tried.

Allen