Don Andersen Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Hi, Vince and I were BSing @ the seminar and the subject of silk fly lines came up. Below is a link to one silk line retailer. There are others, Mr. Zhu among them. The guy from the link below sells good product. The lines are expensive but will last <> 1000 fishing trips with proper care. During the same time you will wear out 5>7 plastic lines that will cost more. The upsides to silk are: * costs less in long run * casts further * flies quieter * more delicate presentation The downsides are: * you have to dry them each day * initial cost is higher. http://www.silkflylines.com/index.php?home Regards, Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dell Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I have always wanted to try a silk line, but the initial $250 cost has always deterred me from making an impulse purchase. That and the necessity of taking care of the line every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Don It was fun BSing with you at the seminar and thanks for the info and link to the quality silk fly line company. While it is of interest I have to side with Michael on this one....250 bone is about 200 bone too much. In fact and my buddies will back me on this one....250 bucks represents about 19% (for the sake of simplicity lets call it 20%) of a new Andersen built 7'9" 5 weight bamboo and frankly, I'd rather have the bamboo. That's my storey and I'm sticking to it. Vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoWolf Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 But what's a bamboo rod without a silk line anyway..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Andersen Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Snowolf, To answer your question simply, a cane rod with any line is near on the finest thing you will enjoy - evening exercises exempt. The real trouble with silk is the number of rods we all own. You have to fish one rod a lot to justify the cost. In my case, I've got line weights from 2>8 in floaters + a large selection of this and that. Maybe 20 lines! Catch ya' Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoWolf Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Lol. One day ill get a chance to try a cane rod so I can make that determination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfish Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 cane rod...cane rod..hmmmm. not to worry Jim as we get older some of us usually will have to own a cane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Andersen Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Guys, As a friend pointed out - God only gave you so many casts - why would you waste them on plastic? Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsabac Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Organic rods, organic lines.... Maybe I do not fish enough, but my lines have been lasting a long long time with minimal or no maintenance. I was looking at ice augers last night. The Devil rears its ugly head at this time of the year. Testing my resolve. One of these days I should try silk on the cane, but I need to slow down more. I am getting there (almost) for fishing the cane, but the silk line is another step in slowing down. I guess I should learn to nap on the bank first. Instead ordered some #2 silk beading cord to try on wet flies and serendipities. Time to sit at the vise I guess and stop rambling. Florin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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