Floating line... WF or DT

[Rip Tide]

What your preference in a floating line?

1. Weight forward -Rocket Taper
2. Double Taper all the way
3. Depends
4. Double taper... what's that? never tried one
5. Old skool....level line for me
6. Shooting head/ muliti head system

 

[troutchaser8]

I use WF for everything.

 

[mikel]

I use wf lines on everything bigger than 3wt and use dt on my smaller rods. I don't cast them as far (to use the advantages of the wf) so I get 2 line usages for the price of 1.

Other than using a dt line twice, I see no advantage to them over the wf.

 

[s fontinalis]

WF for all too.
Loads the rod better at shorter distances.

 

[woodrivertroutbum]

WF on all of my lines. I was going to get a DT for my 2wt however the belly is so long on the wf that I have, it works just like a DT would on small streams but I can still lay out plenty of line in bigger waters like the Farmington.

 

[wt bash]

Number 2 DT all the way. Why, because I like it!

 

[cletus]

I use a triangle taper on my 4 WTs and WF on 5 WTs and above

 

[wt bash]

I have a few TT's but I fish the DT's way more these days.

 

[Joni]

WF on all, TT on 5'3" fenwick

 

[Guest1]

WF on everything. The last double taper line I had I gave away to someone on the forum.

 

[fyshstykr]

I've cast WF lines of different configuration on all of my rods since around the mid 80's. Recently I purchased an older Martin 67SS-A reel on ebay to fit on a beautiful old Browning 'Silaflex' 7' 6" 5/6wt, the reel had a new (old stock) S&A Aircell DT 6wt line. After attaching a leader I took my new rig to the lawn for a tryout, didn't expect much from the short, old glass rod and DT line........Boy was I in for a surprise, short/mid range cast were an absolute joy, and it was hardly any effort at all to toss nice tight loops 75'-85'. Not sure if it was the older glass rod, the line, or maybe the combination of the two, but I look forward to actively fishing with this rig in the future.

As soon as the chance comes to put the DT line on a good graphite rod like my Loomis IMX 8' 6" 6wt to play around with I will, and if the line performs equal too, or better than it did on the old Silaflex, I'll be adding a few DT lines to the arsenal. Dependent on the fishing situation, there certainly can be advantages to the use of a Double Taper.

 

[trout trekker]

4 Wt: DT
5 - 12 Wt: WF

TT

 

[mcphoto]

I always thought DT lines were old school and just for old guys, but I've realized how much a DT line can help if you are a dedicated nymph fisherman. Put that on a stiff rod and mend mend mend!!

 

[ricksrods]

I enjoy wf lines much better than dt any day of the week.Sometimes action of the rod has a lot to do with it.seems like fiberglass rods react muck better to dt lines. thanks rick

 

[caseywise]

all wf for me as well although i do have a dt5 that im planning on trying on a new glass rod.

casey

 

[dabluz]

I have a preference for WF lines because 99% of my fishing is on lakes so mending the line is not necessary.

For flowing water conditions where mending is a necessity, I will most definitely use a DT line and maybe even use a larger size line for the situations where most of my casts will be short.

 

[altos]

WF... it simply works well.

 

[standman]

For most freshwater fishing I use a fiberglass rod with DT. I've the habit of having too much line in the air and DT seems to compensate. In addition, 70-75 feet is about as far as I generally want to send it.

 

[attila]

WF is all I use anymore.

 

[sean_k]

I tend to use WF more fequently however, DT lines have their place in my arsenal. I shy away from the super fast ubber cool rods that everyone seems to want these days so DT works fine.