I'm going to buy a good old fashioned Double Taper line and have a go
Dean , I have a Chippewa boot box full of SA Mastery Trout DT , WF & MED lines from the closeouts and they cast very well on my Orvis HLS2, both Radians , T&T Horizon II/Helix , NS5/NSII and Zenith 904. I think your going to be surprised. They will cast up to a normal size bugger/streamer just fine also. I don't expect to run out of lines or rods until I'm around 92. The only rod that they didn't work well with was the 590 One (Rio Gold), but after 40' or so it is game on again. The difference between DT/WF doesn't come into play until your carrying 40' plus out the tip , that makes for a cast around 60' but on a long cast you can carry more and still mend line and it will roll/Spey better.
The MED is an excellent line for just about everything and on just about anything that has a backbone.
* Someone here once recommended when looking at a new rod to take the line you prefer to testing , at the time I didn't see the logic in it but now it makes perfectly good sense. Cheers to whoever posted that tip !
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"We’ve long taken this line for granted and recommended it for most rods for virtually any angler. I’m happy to report that after testing it extensively, we weren’t wrong. While GPX doesn’t blow us away in any particular category, it just does EVERYTHING, really well. Yes, that includes presentation. And yes, it also worked really well on the Circa, despite being a “half-size” heavier. Basically, if you’re not sure which trout line to go with on any given rod, for any given body of water, SA Sharkwave GPX should probably be your starting point."
Circa , MPX & GPX ????? ..........Mmmmmm .....not so sure about that one either Big Guy
Might be a perfect match for a Far & Fine too :wow:
All teasing & kidding aside , they are providing info to cover a broad range of people , difficult to do and I suspect they are probably right on the money. It is what they do everyday , set people up with outfits. I'm sure they know what their doing.
I am enjoying the read ! like that taper reading tool ! Good review & bet it was a lot of work too , Well Done!