Fly Line selection

[BilletHead]

13 minutes ago, Ham said:

I thought he was talking more about delivering large flys,

           Again Bingo, this was about throwing bigger streamers to larger trout and possibly stripers. And again, I am not using something for 3.39 or 6.50 for big fish. I would gladly stand beside someone with the same casting ability as me with those lines with their choice of rod and my lines with my choice of rod with six-to-eight-inch streamers. 

[fishinwrench]

In all honesty I feel like if there were  quality flylines available, that casted fine, had a decent coating, and didn't stretch like a rubber band, ect.  for under 10.00 .....Then surely everyone who was a flyfishing guru would know about it.  And the big 3 would be out of business.   

[netboy]

The 8-weight version used to work great for redfish up to 15 pounds when I lived in Corpus Christ and trust me, nothing pulls like a big red hooked on an ankle deep flat.

If you tied an 8-pound red tail to tail to an 8-pound rainbow trout, the red would drown the rainbow in a minute.

[netboy]

22 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

In all honesty I feel like if there were  quality flylines available, that casted fine, had a decent coating, and didn't stretch like a rubber band, ect.  for under 10.00 .....Then surely everyone who was a flyfishing guru would know about it.  And the big 3 would be out of business.   

Well. just try one and let us all know. Certainly not a "bubber band" line. Less stretch than a Cortland line The "big 3" are still ripping people off on their $500 fly rods and $700 fly reels. I asked a well-known fly guide and guru down here...What's the difference between a $500 fly rod and a &50 fly rod and his answer was $450 and maybe a free logo hat. With that said, I think the "Big 3" are realizing they are charging way too much for nothing but a logo. 

You can take this as an opinion of someone that fly fishes most every day of the year.

[BilletHead]

30 minutes ago, netboy said:

Well. just try one and let us all know. Certainly not a "bubber band" line. Less stretch than a Cortland line The "big 3" are still ripping people off on their $500 fly rods and $700 fly reels. I asked a well-known fly guide down here...What's the difference between a $500 fly rod and a &50 fly rod and his answer was $450. With that said, I think the "Big 3" are realizing they are charging way too much for nothing but a logo. 

You can take this as an opinion of someone that fly fishes most every day of the year.

                    when I said my choice of fly rod, I have never paid 500 bucks for a fly rod. Personally, I like and throw TFO for fly fishing.  

[Devan S.]

FWIW I pulled the trigger on the outbound short. It was in my cart prior to digging around and finding more options so I will start there. 

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, Devan S. said:

FWIW I pulled the trigger on the outbound short. It was in my cart prior to digging around and finding more options so I will start there. 

If it turns out that you don't like it, or want something different..... I'll buy it from you. 👍

[tjm]

11 hours ago, BilletHead said:

Again Bingo, this was about throwing bigger streamers to larger trout and possibly stripers. And again, I am not using something for 3.39 or 6.50 for big fish.

 

The second sentence cancels the first- again you have brought it back to the fish size versus line cost. But, that is fine. Lot's of stuff going on in the world that I don't understand and if the price tag somehow changes the physics involved in casting, I probably couldn't follow the reasoning. 

Two similar lines having equal mass with similar  distribution  of mass over a given length of line and with equal acceleration should carry any fly pretty much the same. Regardless of line color. But I can't say that I've ever needed 8" steamers, so I'll take your word on it that they are price sensitive.

[tjm]

Isn't a flyfishing guru someone who is paid to hype one brand or another?

I went to a ''stream bass fly fishing'' seminar while down at the sowbug last spring and the guy showed some video of him or someone catching a few fish but his entire presentation was about using a single brand of gear, then he passed out caps with that logo on them. I'll never get that hour back. I gave my cap to some kid.

You Tube is full of easy to recognize (guru?) names demonstrating that "this brand" is the key to casting better and to catching more fish.

[tjm]

12 hours ago, Ham said:

I thought he was talking more about delivering large flys,

So let's look at that- "won't see me using $ 3.39 fly line for big game." I see no mention of any size flies?