Posting a little late for this, but I've been chasing them Silvers. As some of you know, I'm an immature little brat and broke both my 12 and 14 foot loop yellow lines, waiting for the CND Specialists to show up. Now don't get me wrong, I love the yellow line to death. Those rods have improved my casting immensely, just because of their design. I paid a little extra and upgraded the 12 footer to a green line. Oh momma, was that the best decision I ever made. What a dream, plus I got the adapted loop lines now and it is amazing how well they are matched. Now I'm running the Airflo, polyleader (10 foot float, Intermediate, sink and fast sink) off that adapted line. I just can't believe how well this set up works even when I'm not. I am keeping the 14 footer in the yellow though. I just love that rod and is my favorite for the Sol Duc.
I did spend the day on the water with the 15 foot blue line and several different lines. I had just cast the CND Salar and I believe my opinion was biased about the blue line I was testing. Had I not just tested the Salar, I would have bought that blue line. But it would have been a fatal mistake. I lined the Salar with Airflo Traditional with tips. Holy crap it was pretty, even if I didn't know what I was doing. I didn't know you could shoot those big belly lines. I want the entire specialist line when it comes out over the next couple of weeks, but will only be able to afford one. If there was ever a reason to start building my own rods, the CND specialist blanks would be it. I've never seen or met Nobuo Nodera, but I figure he must be a genius.