Cortland Products...

[Crippled Caddis]

Thom wrote:

<I have always wondered how the color of the fly line affects the presentation or the stealth of the line floating on the water. I seems to my novice mind that the bright orange and other colored lines would spook the fish more than the lighter lines or the green or brownish lines. Maybe not but I always select a line that is not as visible on the water.>

A bit of thought would indicate that the fish must see the line predominantly as a solid silhouette in their 'Heaven' between them and the light source. But like yourself I still try to hedge my bets with somber colors in case my reasoning is flawed.

Dano fines it down however with:

<if you fish first nearest to you as not to spook them at the onset>

[motroutbum]

COrtland line is were good when they frist came out all those years ago. The thing is that their technology hasnt changed in like 50 years. They came out with the lazer line in the 555 and that was a huge flop. It is probably the worst line that I have ever cast.

[Project Healing Waters]

Not a big fan of Cortland products.

[flyfishinggolfer]

I bought the Cortland 555 Ghost Tip as my first premium fly line. I had it taken off and had the original intermediate line put back on. I took the 555 to fish the Big Horn River. I used three different guides each day. Each guide asked me what fly line was on my reel. They were not impressed. No compliments. It was flat awful fly line. Flat awful. When I e-mailed Cortland about getting 444 and sending them the 555 back, they would only agree to send me another 555. I told them to forget it. I recently put 444 Peach on my reel. It is doing very well. Apparently, Cortland has peaked with the 444 fly line.