Choose the Right Fly Fishing Line for Your Rod and Your Fishing

By: Erwan Go

Choosing the right fly fishing line for your fishing rod is one of the most important decision and very critical moment for success when fly fishing.

A given line or more routinely two lines are rated by fly rods. The line rating is written somewhere on the button of the rod, usually they are using two numbers separated by a / mark. E.g. 3/4 or 7/8 is denoted the manufacturer suggested fly fishing line rating. Double taper line is for the first figure and the second figure for a weight forward line.

A double taper line is one where the thickest part of the line is in the middle of the length and the line then tapers away equally toward the two ends while a weight forward line has altogether different profile as the thickest part and the most the weight of the line is concentrated at the front end.

A long thin section of equal diameter line known as the running line is behind this section. The way the lines employed are reflects the irregularity between these two profiles. Use a double taper line when doing a shorter cast on streams and rivers and often casting to fish high in the water or rising because the slower taper on a double taper line is easier to cast more delicately and escape scaring the fish.

Another advantage of this double taper line is the taper is the same whichever end you use. If you damage one end of the line then you can turn it around and use the other end as well.

Fishing at the wider rivers or lakes are better using weight forward lines where longer casting may be required because the weight of the fly fishing line will concentrated in the front end of the rod will loads quicker. To build up line speed and momentum easier for longer casts this weight forward line will help you to shoot line on the delivery. And this type of line also will be able to cast into or across awkward winds.

Because of more of the weight will concentrated in the front end then there is much steeper taper to the line end will make these type of lines disadvantage as these lines tend to land more heavily on the water and will makes delicate presentation more difficult. Some anglers are definitely right and wrong to put the line on the reel will make another disadvantage of these type of line because when you do you will find it almost impossible to cast.

Modern rods are far more responsive at handling various lines than older rods and it is always best for beginner to persist the manufacturer recommendation for line rating. When the rod is correctly loaded, seasoned fly fisher develops a feel and can adjust his casting to suit heavier or lighter lines than recommended.

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