What is everyone using for fly line in the salmon River/ winter, fall,spring?
brand/style/floating/sinking/ line weight and how come?
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What is everyone using for fly line in the salmon River/ winter, fall,spring?
brand/style/floating/sinking/ line weight and how come?
...for 9' single handed rods I use Rio DTF-8 with a variety of home made sink tips (T-8 & T-11 in 3', 5', 7') if necessary... also works just fine on 10' switch rods... I use this year-round regardless of salmon or steel... I don't need anything fancy since I spend most of my time up in Altmar area where there isn't much big water... for some kicks I'll use a 14' #9 Rio spey line, inter-changeable tips depending on flow, etc., but feel it's more than necessary for the SR...... Hopefully more folks will chime in that have better variety of gear experience than I... Best of luck...
Last edited by bob4st; 01-22-2010 at 04:50 PM. Reason: spelling...
sharkskin steelhead wf f 8
monic for salmon season
monic , I was thinking of making a change to sharkskin is it worth the extra bucks?
I have been using mastery weight forward 8 weight its decent, looking to fill another spool,
7 wt Batson Rainshadow switch - Rio 9wt Salmon/Steelhead line & Beulah elixer 335 grain
7wt Sage z-axis switch - Sage indicator 290 grain & Rio 9wt Salmon/steelhead
8/9wt Beulah switch - Orvis 11wt Salmon steelhead & Beulah 420 grain elixer
8wt Sage 8126-3 spey - 550 grain skagit, 32' 470 grain Vision Ace & Rio Windcutter versi-tip 8/9/10
"The fishermen wait and scheme and fuss with great singleness of purpose for a chance to grapple with one of the returning fish. They know, either from hearsay or experience, that hooking a steelhead is a little like hooking a lightning bolt, that the fight of their lives awaits them, and they look forward to it with a degree of anticipation and perseverance that is impossible for a nonangler to understand" - Steve Raymond, Steelhead Country
yea its awesome i wouldnt go back i have the trout 4 weight and now the steelhead 8 its def worth it and ill pm you the web were its cheap.Originally Posted by chromemagnum
Get the discount/discontinued 333, or 444 WF lazer line for under 20 bucks. It works just fine, and if it's damaged, it's only 20 bucks.
I've had Steel take my line downstream and around jaged rocks before. No need to waste a $60 line.
"I have spent my life seeking all that's still unsung/bent my ear to hear the tune/and closed my eyes to see" Robert Hunter
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where do you find that discounted line, Bing???
-TB
"Calling fishing is a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job."
- Paul Schullery
TB, try local dicks sporting goods, several around my area have them marked down pretty cheep!!!
Thanks I will.
-TB
"Calling fishing is a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job."
- Paul Schullery
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