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  1. Do you fish the textured version of the anadro? Would you fish an 8 or 9 in this line on a ticrx?
  2. Thanks for the info everyone, I am kind of leaning towards trying the anadro as it seems like it has a lot of characteristics I'm looking for but I'm wondering how it does in wind since it doesn't seem to shoot very well so you will have a lot of line out all the time. Is it worth getting the textured version? I am still thinking about the airflo coldwater as it has a long head but not 60 feet long. Perhaps the the 9 wt will feel better for me. Only problem is I was hoping to use a bunch of cabelas gift cards I've been wracking up for a couple years and they don't sell airflo there. Surprisingly the mainstream saltwater line has not been nearly as bad as I thought it would be up here in new england and casts pretty well for a cheap line. I had bought it for a trip down to the keys and decided to slap it on to see how it would do. It does coil pretty bad which I assume is due to the colder water conditions. I will also check out titan long as I'm not familiar with that line...I mostly fish Rio lines so SA is a new learning experience with all the difference variations they sell of each line. I like the shooting capabilities of 30 ft head lines but they don't mend well. For the surf I find they are fine but in tidal rivers they don't work well for me.
  3. I was looking at the anadro but have never cast a line with such a long head. Do you use this line? Do you think an 8 wt would work or would I upline to a 9 for a ticrx since it’s such a beast. Im looking to fish this on tidal rivers and the surf. Thanks for the reply. I was looking at the rio striper as well but it has a 30 foot head. I fish an outbound short floater on my 10 wt for tossing poppers but when I switch to flatwings it’s presentation really suffers unless you are fishing very close especially on a river or breachway where there can be complex currents. I do like rio lines a lot my favorite is the coastal quickshooter xp.
  4. The airflo 30 Ft weight is 215 while the rio is 225 so there isn’t a lot of difference but the rio head is 5 feet shorter than the airflo line. Neither of them float very well in my opinion but to be fair my airflo line is older with the old striper box and I bought it used maybe newer iterations of the line are different?
  5. Hello all Looking for a suggestion on a floating line for fishing flatwings. Looking for an 8 wt line that floats high and mends well. I have the airflo ridge striper in 8 wt and an 8 wt rio mainstream saltwater line which seems targeted towards bonefish (bought it for a trip down to Florida). I can’t stand the airflo ridge on my rod (tfo ticrx) as it’s too light for this rod in my opinion. The rio mainstream line casts pretty well but it’s too short, tangles and doesn’t float very well even with loon line speed on it. Should I buy a 9 wt airflo cold water line or is there another option that may work better? The airflo line doesn’t float very well for me. I was eyeing the bonefish quicker shooter as I heard good things about that line. Thanks for any info.
  6. You gotta ramp your thread dam up more. If you want a more round compact body you need to put a lot of thread down. Are you tying with mono? I find it easier to get a nice taper with mono because its round and doesn't bunch up as easily as regular thread does.
  7. Good thread. When I trout fish I euro nymph 99 percent of the time because small New England waters basically are perfect for it since most consist of pocket water with no back cast room but I truthfully find it boring. I wish it wasn’t so effective because you feel like you are missing fish if you aren’t euro nymphing. I prefer indicator nymphing but there are only a few rivers like some stretches of the Farmington where it’s the best way to fish the water.
  8. I tie on a regular old renzetti traveler and it handles size 5/0 to size 22. For how cheap it is I really like it. If I was just tying salt water flies I’d probably get a regal but the rotary function is really nice on the renzetti for tying trout flies.
  9. Thanks for all the replies everyone. I have been doing a lot of thinking about what I want to do before investing a significant amount of money into a kayak or boat. It seems like there is a lot of compromise either way. I have a sit in kayak that I’ve used for bass fishing but never took it in the ocean. I generally hate it as it’s very uncomfortable to sit in and I hate fishing sitting down. It’s also a pain to try to deal with a paddle and fly fish at the same time. A lot of the sit on top kayaks looks a lot better and have nice seats so your a$$ doesn’t go numb after a couple of hours of sitting. Ideally what I would want is something like an lt 25 that is a little more seaworthy. I’ve been watching some videos of them sinking and it seems like in the wrong weather you can get swamped very easily in a gheenoe. Any chop seems to be pretty sketchy to ride them in, so you would be pretty limited in the number of days you could safely take one out. My buddy has a sit on top kayak that I probably will try to take out this year before deciding on what to do. A kayak with the options I want runs about 2500-3000 k and I have an suv so I would probably need to end up trailering it anyway. I appreciate all the info it’s provided me with a lot of things to look into, it looks like I’ll need to put some more thought into what I really want before buying.
  10. Do you use the pedal drive? I heard pedal drives can be a hassle with a fly line.
  11. Hello everyone, I am a surf fisherman looking to get out on the water. I originally was thinking I would buy a boat but after looking at the prices and thinking about how much I realistically will get out with 3 kids I decided to check out kayaks or sups. I am looking for something I can stand up on and fly fish for striper in shallow water or tidal ponds. Ideally I would like something like a gheenoe but they seem impossible to find in this area. One option that did spark my interest was the Kaku Zulu I-guide. The trolling motor being built into the kayak seems interesting and from what I read they are pretty stable for standing on. I am open to any suggestions one might have in this area as I have no experience with kayaks/boats.
  12. I was at saltwater edge last year looking for flat wing saddles and they didn’t have anything. I talked to a younger guy behind the desk who was knowledgeable about fly tying and maybe tied some of their flies as he had some tying materials with him and he recommended the dreaded feather emporium. He had some of their feathers and they seemed pretty decent. I wouldn’t be surprised if the flatwings they got are from there.
  13. I listen to both stations and have to say it’s pretty rough going for southern New England sports talk. Both morning shows are terrible, I can’t stand Fred Toucher, his personality is grating and he doesn’t know anything about sports. Wiggy was better as a guest on felger and mazz, he is funny is small doses but when you have to listen to his “takes” all morning it’s pretty bad. I never listened to Greg Hill on his previous show but it always seems like he has no clue what’s going on and doesn’t really care about the product. I really like Gresh and I’m glad he got another shot after getting canned but I think him and keefe had more chemistry than Fauria but the afternoon show is still solid and I listen to that most of the time as I’m driving around for work. I like Zoe too but beetle is painful and they always have long periods of silence which makes things tough to listen to. In the afternoon, I do listen to Felger as no one else in the market talks about hockey and that’s the only sport I seriously follow. The new afternoon show on weei is painful. Meg has the worst sport takes and a voice made for the newspaper. If you don’t like Felger because you think he just is riling up sports fans Jones is about 1000x time worse. At least most of Felgers takes are reasonable enough to not seem totally fabricated, but with Jones you can tell just takes the most aggravating position purposefully even though he doesn’t really believe what he is saying I don’t listen too often at night so I don’t really have an opinion on that.
  14. I have had good luck buying from feather emporium despite the bad reviews about their service. Both my orders came in no problem and the feathers were pretty nice. It seems like the full saddles are better than half.
  15. I’m not sure if this is aimed at me but I can assure you I am not affiliated with feather emporium. The whole reason I made this thread was to ask if anyone had personal experience with them since I’ve heard so many bad things about their customer service. I only ordered because a guy working at saltwater edge recommended them and showed me some feathers he bought from there. I understand if you had a bad experience with them you might respond negatively to this thread but I don’t think there is need to be so bad mannered. Flatwing feathers are hard to find and this was one of the only places I found I could get them in a variety of colors. I will post pictures of what I got tomorrow. I ordered 1 full saddle and 4 1/2 saddles. I wouldn’t say they are r.l.s quality or what Steve Culton is pulling from the bins in Marlborough but they are decent with a bunch of longer feathers.
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