Will be starting to fish small rivers soon on a 4wt outfit and was going for a WF line, but anyone know the advantages of a double taper ? would this be better?

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Have a read of this - DT vs. WF - Which is really Better

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It's a matter of preference! I much prefer A - DT fly line! Even in cases where a long length of line is needed! Rivers and streams it has to be a DT.

Good summary that, there was a similar discussion on another thread on here recently, which essentially endorsed what that article says. So on small rivers as you say you will fish, there is basically no real difference, but no reason NOT to get a DT and a DT means you can reverse the line when one end gets raggy.

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This all depends on what the fishing on those small rivers is going to demand of you. If you expect to be making a mix of very short, middling and longish casts then a WF will serve you best. It will make the long casts easier to do when seated or kneeling surrounded by obstructions than a DT would. It will work fine for the middling casts, and the short casts will be easier if the WF line has a short front taper. Don't be sucked into this myth about lines being made specially for delicate presentation. All that blurb means is that the front taper is so painfully long and gradual that it will only work efficiently when you have a lot of the line out. The correct way to get delicate presentations is by a combination of a properly built leader and tippet and the way in which you make the cast. A good way to make your cast land delicately is by casting as if you want to lay the fly, tippet, leader and line out onto an imaginary shelf about shoulder height above the water (shoulder height from where you are sitting, kneeling or laying down).

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The tackle shops don't like to sell you a double taper line because you are getting two lines for the price of one. You simply remove the line after a few seasons and reverse same on the reel. It's like having a new line once again.

I do quite a bit of roll casting and the double taper suit me well for this purpose. You can shoot the line just as far as a weight forward, if that's a concern to you?

i did a test in my garden with a sage pt wf5 against a barrio dt5 . i was able to cast the dt further and with neater loops. plus it roll casts further on the water and have better line mending properties at distance. dt every time for me now , they just seems to suit me more than wf lines.

Hello richard, thats interesting , last season i used a w/f for most of the river fishing w/f 5 with 7.5 4 w/t. this year i am trying a new rod 8ft 4 w/t with a w/f 5 cort sylk. so i might try what you say

I fish small streams a fair bit, and for me it is important to have a line which loads quickly. I like the Wulff Triangular Taper series - lovely and supple, quick loaders, delicate on the water.

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Yes, this is fundamentally true, however, one should also look at the progression of the taper, which is the distance over the line, that the taper takes to go from thin to thick. You get progressive tapers, which thicken up over a longer length, and aggressive tapers, which thicken up over a shorter length. These can be found in both WF and DT lines. If you know what type of taper you are looking for, with regard to the rod that you are going to us it with, and the type of fishing that you are going to do, the decision to go with either one, becomes easier.