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I fretted over which weight traditional spey to use on my 1308 and finally decided on the 7/8. I was excited to try the line, put it on a spool and tried a little overhead casting in the back yard. It seemed a little light but I thought probably ok so I did a dumb thing and marked it at 60' and in ten foot increments to 90'. I went fishing on the Sandy using my gl3 9/10 and brought the Scott along to try out. I was feeling good due to perfect water, wheather and having hooked and lost a late winter in the first run. When I finished, I put the Scott together and entered the run. I stripped 60' off the reel and began to cast, sort of... at 60' it felt two line weights light. By applying power I could get it out but a breeze would have blown the line around. I went to 70' and the rod loaded a little better but disappointingly light. At 80' it probably would have loaded adequately but thats beyond by current ability with a 13' rod. I have been windcuttering it for the three years since I took up the spey. I tried a long delta 7/8 today and it was perfect for the rod. So my conclusion is that the 7/8 is too distributed in weight to be a practical fishing line on the 1308 unless I wanted to start at 80' which doesn't make sense and I can't throw that much line yet anyway. I can't take the line back because I marked it. Kind of an expensive way to learn that the 8/9 Traditional would have been the line to get for the 1308. I am impressed by Airflow's manufacturing technology as the line is supple and slick as grease. Anyway, thats the analysis. ..wk