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Is anyone using Cortland DT Spey lines? I am refering to the 444SL Spey lines.
I am using a DT10/11 on a Sage 9150. I chose this line because it has a 37 foot front (rear) taper, the 10/11 because the belly dia is .073 which I thought was right. (SA 8/9 line, which works well, has a belly dia of .075)
The Cortland line works well, but it starts to feel heavy with more than 70/75 feet of line off the reel. Is anyone else using these lines? What size and on what rod and with what results? How much line are you able to pick up? I'm thinking maybe I should drop down to a DT 9/10 or maybe even a DT 8/9. It's just that the belly dia gets so small, I am a little skeptical of how big a fly a line like that (smaller belly dia) could carry?
Can't figure out why this thing should be so heavy. Could it be that brand X has more, or less, micro balloons, or air bubbles, or something than brand Y, or brand Z and is therefor more, or less dense???
I am using a DT10/11 on a Sage 9150. I chose this line because it has a 37 foot front (rear) taper, the 10/11 because the belly dia is .073 which I thought was right. (SA 8/9 line, which works well, has a belly dia of .075)
The Cortland line works well, but it starts to feel heavy with more than 70/75 feet of line off the reel. Is anyone else using these lines? What size and on what rod and with what results? How much line are you able to pick up? I'm thinking maybe I should drop down to a DT 9/10 or maybe even a DT 8/9. It's just that the belly dia gets so small, I am a little skeptical of how big a fly a line like that (smaller belly dia) could carry?
Can't figure out why this thing should be so heavy. Could it be that brand X has more, or less, micro balloons, or air bubbles, or something than brand Y, or brand Z and is therefor more, or less dense???