thinking of buying a new floating line.i fish rivers mainly nymphing and would welcome a bit of advice.

What rod are you using? Different lines suit some rods better than others.

cheers Diarmid.

Do they?

Lines are designed to present flies ... small ones at close distance, large ones at long distance and everything in between.

Line choice is determined by where and how you're fishing and not by the sticker on the rod butt.

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The Snowbee XS-Plus Hi Float river line is superb! Very supple, slick shooting and memory free. The full price has been around the £49 mark, but just found these at £30, and ordered another one!:

Snowbee XS-Plus Hi-Float Fly Lines (Rivers) | Fly-Lines | PMG Tackle

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The Rio LT is excellent, a lovely long taper that is a great assist to delicate presentation.

However, for sheer practicality and value for money Pitsford Pirate's lines compare very favourably with lines more expensively 'packaged' and advertised.

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I use a PP line for my stream fishing ,when I am not using silk ,teamed with one of Rod Dibbles or mr Trouts Furled leaders I have a near perfect set up for my style ,very reasonably priced and long lasting .
Stewart the Pirate probably thinks i am slow replacing his lines ,but my river plastic line fishing is limmited to winter grayling and odd days when I am away from the line drier for the silk .

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Yes they do. For instance a faster actioned rod tends to suit a heavier line and a medium rod a lighter line. ie a SA GPX works great on a 4wt XP but not on a slower SLT etc. That is my point. Why buy a line that suits close in, but not at distance and vice versa. Buy a line that suits both. Only passing on my experience to help.

Cheers Diarmid.

Why would I want a 'distance line' if my fishing is about presenting small flies on streams to fish that may be only a couple of rod lengths away?

Why would I want a line that has a long front taper if I fish large bulky flies at distance on a stillwater?

This is what the original poster said ...

"thinking of buying a new floating line.i fish rivers mainly nymphing and would welcome a bit of advice."

I'm looking forward to the advertising 'blurb' for a rod that says, "This rod has been designed to be used with 'x' line only, using any other line will result in the warranty being void."

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"Why would I want a 'distance line' if my fishing is about presenting small flies on streams to fish that may be only a couple of rod lengths away?"

I did not notice the OP stating the size of the river. No matter what equipment you have in your hand when you hit the waters edge you will encounter fish near and far. I will never go fishing with one size of hook.
Short of bringing the entire inventory from the flyshop your going to face a compromising situation.

"Why would I want a line that has a long front taper if I fish large bulky flies at distance on a stillwater?"

Another compromise. If that's what you got in your hand, shorten your leader and try your best. If I fished ONLY large bulky fly's it would be easy to get geared up but i don't hit a river totally geared up for one size of fly. Maybe the OP edited his post because i did not notice him mentioning large bulky flies either.

This is what the original poster said ...

[I]"thinking of buying a new floating line.i fish rivers mainly nymphing and would welcome a bit of advice."

I think the important info we need is what weight of rod you have to start and if you are going to stick to Nymphing.

"I'm looking forward to the advertising 'blurb' for a rod that says, "This rod has been designed to be used with 'x' line only, using any other line will result in the warranty being void."

Not giving you a hard time lighthouse but if you are waiting for that to happen you are probably still sitting by your chimney looking at your watch and waiting for Santa. LOL

I think r2sford was suggesting some type of compromise. Good Advice.

[QUOTE=adanac1;1179031I think r2sford was suggesting some type of compromise. Good Advice.[/QUOTE]

Actually, I think that what r2sford is doing is promoting a myth ... ie that "Different lines suit some rods better than others."

r2sford is confusing the issue. What he's really saying is that a lot of people find it 'easier' to cast a heavily weight forward taper on a 'faster action' rod but this has nothing to do with the situation the angler finds himself in.

The original poster was talking about nymph fishing in a river ... where's the compromise?

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