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a23fish
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I recently went to a local fly club swap meet/flea market, and picked up 2 fly lines. The first was neatly wrapped in a coil and has a tag indicating it is Cortland 444, WF5F (in peachy coral color). The second one is a chartreuse/neon green Rio Demo Fly Line, also WF5F, and is in the original Rio packaging. Neither one has a loop on either end. So, my questions are:
1. Does it make a difference which end of the Cortland line I attach to the backing? The Rio line has a little tag on one end indicating that end is to be attached to the backing, so that solves that problem but it makes me wonder about the Cortland line. Is only one end the WF part, and if so, how do I determine that?
2. Since neither has any loop, do I simply tie a perfection loop knot in the working end of the line to attach my leaders, or is there a better knot to use for the loop-to-loop connections? What knot should be used to attach the lines to the backing?
3. I noticed that both lines are thinner than the factory Orvis WF5F line I have on my Encounter combo and thinner than the Scientific Anglers Mastery Infinity WT5F line I have on another reel. What difference, if any, will that make?
4. Did I simply fall victim to the old "Wow, that's a really cheap price, I should get it now and figure out what to do with it later" syndrome, or will they stand me in good stead when I wear out one of my current lines? Which may take a while....
1. Does it make a difference which end of the Cortland line I attach to the backing? The Rio line has a little tag on one end indicating that end is to be attached to the backing, so that solves that problem but it makes me wonder about the Cortland line. Is only one end the WF part, and if so, how do I determine that?
2. Since neither has any loop, do I simply tie a perfection loop knot in the working end of the line to attach my leaders, or is there a better knot to use for the loop-to-loop connections? What knot should be used to attach the lines to the backing?
3. I noticed that both lines are thinner than the factory Orvis WF5F line I have on my Encounter combo and thinner than the Scientific Anglers Mastery Infinity WT5F line I have on another reel. What difference, if any, will that make?
4. Did I simply fall victim to the old "Wow, that's a really cheap price, I should get it now and figure out what to do with it later" syndrome, or will they stand me in good stead when I wear out one of my current lines? Which may take a while....