Need a budget bass fly line

[HopBack]

Hey guys the wife bought me a new 7wt Redington path fly rod for Christmas and I was looking for a new fly line to go with the rod, I predominantly fish the Susquehanna and use large heavily weighted streamers and poppers. I tend to beat my fly lines up on the river so I would wasted an expensive line, I just need something that will turn over heavier flies well and most of my applications have all been with floating line,

I was looking at the SA frequency magnum line. Looking to stay under $50. Thanks for your input.

 

[salvelinus]

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[Mwheaps32]

That magnum line should work fine for you. I have a sa frequency trout line in 7w I just picked up for $29 at a gander mountain. If your interested let me know.

I prefer to stay away from the heavy bass tapers because your ability to mend the line on the water and in the air is reduced. I like tapers like the mpx or Rio gold because they'll give you the punch you want but you'll still have good line control.

 

[HopBack]

-Sal, PM sent


-Mwheaps


That’s some great input about the bass lines, I run rio gold on my trout setups and it performs admirably. I just know I would destroy it on the rocks in the matter of a season, I’ll have to look the the 7wt trout lines.

 

[KGStine]

Hop,
You must have been a good boy this year! Hope Susquehanna bass fishing is better in 2020, than it was the last 2 years.
Good luck,
Ken

 

[HopBack]

You must have been a good boy this year! Hope Susquehanna bass fishing is better in 2020, than it was the last 2 years.

I hope so too, I'll be trying again next year. I'll let you know if I get on anything good, but I have a feeling I'll be spending a lot more time this year fishing for striper below the Conowingo. You should try that out with us sometime.

 

[Swattie87]

I had good luck for a while with Cabelas Prestige Plus WW lines. It was the middle range series of their FF line at the time. I think it retailed for $40-ish. I think it was another product rebadge (SA maybe?), but don't remember. I felt I got good life out of those and they did well with turning over WB's and Clousers and stuff...I was fishing it on a 6WT FWIW.

Don't think they make it any more, but I'm sure there's some similar product in the Cabelas/BPS house line of products now.

 

[krayfish2]

I've tried 2 frequency lines and didn't like them all that much. You might be able to find an old SA GPX in 7 or 8 weight for cheap. You'd probably be better off overlining that rod rather than underlining it. If you want one of those Cabela's WW lines, I know a guy with a bunch. Shoot me a PM.

 

[afishinado]

HopBack wrote:
Hey guys the wife bought me a new 7wt Redington path fly rod for Christmas and I was looking for a new fly line to go with the rod, I predominantly fish the Susquehanna and use large heavily weighted streamers and poppers. I tend to beat my fly lines up on the river so I would wasted an expensive line, I just need something that will turn over heavier flies well and most of my applications have all been with floating line,

I was looking at the SA frequency magnum line. Looking to stay under $50. Thanks for your input.

Orvis owns SA. I would guess the Orvis Clearwater @ $49 is the same thing as the SA line. CW is a little heavier weight and will work well to turn over bass flies and poppers.

 

[tomgamber]

looked like they had several lines on the orvis outlet site on sale for 29 bucks. Might be a challenge matching size but worth a look. I bought my sinking salt line there a few years back for 20 bucks. If rocks are a problem for you, you might want to try a saltwater line as they have a pretty decent coating on them.

 

[HopBack]

Thanks guys,

All good suggestions. I'm going to start off with a Cortland bass taper line that Sal was nice enough to hook me up with. I'll see how that goes,

Most on here have suggested a "trout" taper over a "bass" taper and I believe that is the consensus of online reviews for these types of lines as well.

I'll check out the local orvis outlet for some lines and I'll see about a saltwater line as well.


Again thanks for all the input and suggestions, I def have something to go on now.

 

[tomgamber]

That Cortland should keep you happy for a while. They're still the best bargain at full price.

 

[shakey]

i use crystal river fly line for bass,
i get it for around $8.

i do have a preference for level line.