Tightliner
Senior Member
For quite some time now, I have swore by RIO Grand line. This line has really impressed me with its shooting ability in the wind and its ability to recover from bad loading. Since I changed to it (wf floating), I wouldnt even consider another line. However, while in Alberta I had the opportunity to cast a rod loaded with Sharkskin. I hopper fish with my 9ft, 6wt., Z-Axis loaded up with RIO Grand. My friend that I fish there with had the same rod, only it was loaded with Skarkskin. Man what a difference! It was really nice to be able to fish identical rods with different lines for a head-to-head compairison. The Sharkskin was extremely supple and shot like a bullet. It even punched the wind as well as the RIO (while it actually feels like a lighter wt line). The only thing getting used to was stripping the line back in from a cast. It kinda feels like sandpaper gliding through your fingers. It would probably lead to a rough day of streamer fishing . I would never sink $99 into an unknown line, but I'm actually considering some when I replace the line on my dry rod (9ft, 4wt, Z-axis). Any of y'all out there ever fished this line on a 4wt or similar? From what I experienced on a 6wt throwing a big hopper, would probably translate into a very fine dry fly line on a lighter rod. Just hard to swollow that kind of price! But, from what Ive experienced on the 6wt, I think it might be well worth the difference. Just wonder what the life expectancy is? WONDERLINE was a rocket too, that is... straight out of the box. Turns into a dog after about 6 months. Dont ask me how I know . Thoughts????
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