I use a rio and also have an airflo I use in the fresh water but I wouldn't consider one for the saltwater. For the 90% of fishing in the salt you can get away with a clear intermediate line. I really like the cortland 444 camo line. It casts just as well as most of my floating lines. If you want to fish surface patterns get a floating line and this will also work when fishing subsurface patterns.
If you get the rio line you will probably never end up using half the selection of lines you get. Plus a full clear intermediate and floater are much easier to cast. You will appreciate this after casting for for a few hours in the salt. You cast a lot and it is an advantage to have the smoothest casting line you can. I bought a quick decent fly line thinking it would help we hook upo with more fish but all I got was a sore shoulder from casting it all day. -sean On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 08:52:30 chanmatt wrote: >I was wondering if anybody has used the changeable fly >line tip systems out: >SA's Quad-Tip, Cortland's Change-A-Tip and Rio's >Versatip systems. >Basically I'm looking for a saltwater line...8 wt. I >don't go enough to >warrant a real shooting head system and all that >involves, so I figured I'd >try one of these lines first. They sound interesting, >but only really using >them will tell if they are all that. > >Also what are people's opinions on using one line weight >up...I know I do >that with my 3 wt...but does the same thing apply when >your in the 8 wt >range? Does it improve your load up...or does it just >load up your shoulder >and arm after a day of casting? > >Matt > > Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/
