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? asked in SportsOutdoor RecreationFishing · 1 decade ago

fly fishing line????

How often should you replace a floating line in fly fishing?

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  • NYG
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    Fly Lines

    •There is no designated time for replacing your line; it depends on how much you fish and the conditions of the fishing that determines the life of your fly line. It also depends on how well you maintain your line between seasons.

    Well-maintained line is line that is washed in warm water and a few drops of dish detergent, then rinsed in cool water and wiped dry. There are line treatments available that will help keep your line supple and prevent cracks, and you may wish to add this step to your end-of-year maintenance. For floating lines, Rain-X is the perfect solution; just wipe it on and wipe it off. This will keep your floating line high and dry and may mean that you don't need to replace that line this year.

    Periodically you should examine your fly line for small cuts or a brittle feel to the line. Those are the best indicators that it is time to replace your line. Lines with cuts certainly won't float and will not go through the water, or cast, smoothly. Replacing your line will greatly enhance your fishing experience if your lines are rough, cut or brittle.

    Read more: When to Replace Fly Line & Backing? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/way_5685200_replace-fly-line-b...

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    i have a scientific angler floating line that is over 30 years old and there are no cracks and it still floats nice and high. i do regularly use a good quality conditioner and clean all of my lines often. that line has had a lot of use as i am a guide. the guides on your fly-rod have a lot to do with wear and tear on a line as well, most of my rods have silicon carbide guides.

  • foh
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Flyfishing may be overwhelming to a beginner. yet do no longer permit it throw you. bear in mind quite a few issues: one million. ninety% of your casting would be an elementary forward solid using a floating line. 2. ninety% of the fish you seize would be hooked interior of 20 feet. on condition that, do no longer concern approximately all the techniques. initiate with a weight-forward floating line balanced on your rod. The id on which would be WF-F-#. Backing serves quite a few applications. probability is, regardless of the undeniable fact that, that as a beginner you will in no way see your backing lower back, as quickly because it is on the reel. it is basically function, for you, is to cushion the reel, and to maintain the loops of the flyline as open as accessible. To load it, first spool your flyline. connect the backing and reel in adequate of it to basically fill the spool. do away with each little thing and opposite it, so as that the backing is going on first. Your chief is going on next. Leaders, for the main area, are tapered mono that reduces the diameter of the flyline so which you would be able to connect a fly. they arrive in countless lengths and designations using an X. so as which you will discover one it is 7 one million/2' 4X. the greater effective the X form, the thinner the diameter of the chief. Tippits take the tapering down even greater effective. frequently, the final 18-24 inches are the tippit. As you regulate flies you save shortening it, and, finally, might desire to tie on yet another area. listed here are some further flyfishing information for novices:

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    I have 5 fly rods, between 4 wt & 6wt most of me line, is over 10years old. If & when it becomes cracked on the end, i cut off the cracked line, tie on a new leader & get back to fishing

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

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  • joed
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Real simply, when it's trashed.

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