Hi Tom, I've mentioned the Monic Clear Floater flylines before on the list. Excellent handling and casting line to fish over spooky, educated fish. Definitely works. Much improved product over their past efforts. Leaves the Cortland 555 clear floater (pizza junk) in the dust. I overline a #5 wt. rod with a #6 floater, and that seems slightly light for my medium-fast-action rod. I would definitely overline by one weight, maybe two if you do a lot of close-in fishing.
The other favorite specialty line I use s a Cortland 555 Ghost Tip, which is a mint green floating line with a clear intermediate sink tip. Very good for those days when fish are working the top four feet of the water. Pleasant to fish with since you are not always dragging a sinking line out of the water to recast. Excellent nymph and emerger line for stillwater - best intermediate line when fish are working close to the surface. The Cortland 444 Clear Camo intermediate sink line is a standard in these parts, great line for fishing down to about 10 feet depth. This is the line that Denny Rickards recommends in his stillwater clinics (which is a plus or minus to some people), and it is the slowest-sinking intermediate line on the market. Excellent product all-around, with exceptional durability. I also overline one weight with this product. Those are my favorites. A line I wish I had in hand to play with? The new Scientific Angler XXD Expert Distance line. It sounds interesting. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon
