Ian Gordon Spey Lines

[wilbert]

I have a floating and a fast sink 65' head Ian Gordon spey lines #10 / 11 weight and have been using them on B&W Norway Speycaster #9/10 and B&W Powerlite Speycaster #10 and find them to be good lines but I have trouble casting into a strong wind and when using heavy tubes or poly leaders. The line shoots fine but the last 5' or so of line doesn't turn over when using heavy tubes or poly leaders. Has anyone experimented with cutting back these lines to aid turnover of heavy tubes?? I would be most grateful for any advice as I don't want to scrap 2 perfectly good lines or alter my casting style too much (read that as pay for lessons).
Cheers

[Bogyoch]

Graham is correct in saying you should ask yourself what the lines are going to be used for the most. However, a word of caution before getting out the scissors. I have chopped up the Ian Gordon floaters in the past to encourage turnover of heavy polyleaders, only to find that the lines worked best when they were uncut. The tip taper on the IG lines is fairly steep in the first instance, and I found the best solution was to draw in a yard or two of line and the cast would go out with more of a bang and turnover was much better as a result. Despite the overall length of line being reduced, the fly actually went further because of the improved turnover. The IG floaters I have are now spliced together again. I would suggest that your lines are in fact left intact.

[Bogyoch]

Graham
Four and half years now beside the Deveron!

Wilbert
Graham will agree that if you had the Snowbee 2D lines, then you could cut some 10 feet off the end before any improvement would be made, so a foot off the IG line would benefit just a tad.