Favourite line

[madkeen]

Does anyone else have an old faithful line they turn to when the casting goes all to pot.Fishing the Tummel yesterday was struggling to get distance so swapped to my old faithful(cortland multi)and bingo getting to where I wanted.Not sure if it's to do with head lengths etc.
P.S Didn't make much difference still without a fish

[ceilidh]

I think that most of us have experienced times when one is casting fine and suddenly it goes to pieces and the harder we try the worse it becomes. Very often this happens (certainly to me) when we fail to notice a change in the speed of the current, which requires a slight adjustment of timing.

It often helps to shorten the length of cast for a short while until the timing becomes easy and then gradually lengthen it again.

[madkeen]

Yes I would think the speed of current probably played a part in it.I have noticed that in fast water that my casting tends to be better.Do you think the Ig lines are quite light for there rating.I was using Ig floating 10/11 line on a pwerlite 16ft 9/10 and was finding it on the light side.

[colliedog]

Snowbee 2D 10/11 floater - very forgiving line when technique goes to pieces - always seems to turn over well even if you don't get it just right. It's got quite a heavy back and mid section to the head which seems to transmit energy well to the tip even when I'm not casting well.

It's also a shade on the heavy side for the rod I'm using which also helps when things are not going so well - usually I'm using 9/10 rated lines on this rod.


regards

CD

[jkboy]

Have to agree with colliedog, I've got the Snowbee 2D 9/10 floater which is for me a great line. It also casts beautifully with a Snowbee 14ft fast sinking polyleader.

I also notice casting is easier/better in streamy water and when I move from the neck of a pool to the slower mid -tail, casting often goes tits-up ;D

[edenman]

hardy no1 slow sink double taper size 10 lovely line.

[speycaster]

snowbee 2d for me , 9/10 floater

[splash]

speycaster said:

snowbee 2d for me , 9/10 floater

I'd concur with Speycaster and Colliedog , Snowbee 2D in both 9/10 and 10/11 but I suspect my new Monteith 10/11 floater will also become a go to for the 15ft rod if first impressions are correct

[zephead]

Madkeen

I use a Carron 85 ft head floater on my 9/10 Powerlite and it weights the rod/casts like a dream.Was cocked to buy a Carron rod as well,which is on the agenda one day,but after JG from Carron told me very wisely to try the line first on my existing rod as he thought it would be a perfect balance,(at some the risk of losing a rod sale it has to be said) and I was very impressed at the results.

The IG lines might be a bit lighter-I will find out when I buy the Wet II and IV 75 ft heads for the back-end and test them on the 16 (11 weight) and 18 foot Powerlite's when we get some rain.

The beauty of the 85 foot head is that you have a bit more weight/legnth to mess about/pull inside the rod to find the balancing point for your technique and I do find most 65 foot heads are too light for the 9/10 Powerlite.

Happy trials.

ZH

[pertempledog]

All interesting. I tried the Carron recently up at Ballindalloch and I have to say I like it a great deal - I may yet buy one but i have just acquired a Jock Montieth that arrived a little too late for last week so I plan to use it during my day at Easter Elchies this coming week.

But as to fallback - I agree with Splash - the 2D and for me the 9/10 on a 14' rod seems perfect - I can throw it as far as the 10/11 on my 15'. Lovely to use.

P.A.T.

[madkeen]

Thought I would weigh the head of my cortland multi and it was 60g compared to the Ig line which was 52g quite a big differnce for near the same head length.I suppose thats why the cortland went out easier with the wind on saturday.If 60g is about right for loading my 16ft 9/10 powerlite I should be looking for lines around that head weight.