01-25-2010, 11:33 PM
I'd start with a floating line. Not a $100 just yet though. I'm also a Double Taper fan, and always have been, but there's arguments for weight forwards too, I guess. (I still don't own one for freshwater trout fishing) A double taper line is easier to learn how to control and mend, you get two lines for the price of one (its reversable!), and some day you'll likely want to make a nice presentation with a dry fly. Some say its easier to learn to cast a weight forward because you feel it load the rod a little better, but that isn't absolute either.
In my warped, lonely, selfish mind, weight forward lines are made for casting. Double tapers are made for fishing! [
] I'm talking streams and small rivers now too, not lakes or salt or big water. Normal western trout fishing where casts are short, and most fish have seen a fly before. Keep things simple to start, and DT is simple.
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In my warped, lonely, selfish mind, weight forward lines are made for casting. Double tapers are made for fishing! [
] I'm talking streams and small rivers now too, not lakes or salt or big water. Normal western trout fishing where casts are short, and most fish have seen a fly before. Keep things simple to start, and DT is simple.[signature]