grains of truth by Pete Barrett
Choosing the “right” fly line has never been so easy—or so difficult. Seems there is fly line for every species that swims in cold and hot climes, for short casts and long, in a mind-boggling variety of tapers to punch through wind or make delicate throws to spooky
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fish, and in color choices that shame a rainbow. And there’s no shortage of opinions about fly line, although the truth can be elusive depending on how you actually fly fish. A line that brings a grin to one caster elicits a frown from another. Wading through
this happy maze of choices to find the ultimate line—one that shoots like a cannon to reach striped bass in the surf or makes delicate presentations to sea trout on grassy flats—is an interesting quest.
