Has anyone ever used an intermediate line that has a uniform (level) sink rate?
Early intermediates used to sink belly first. I think manufacturers have over-compensated for this fault because the ones I've used over the past few years sink belly last. I'm convinced that this lack of direct contact with the fly is the cause of many missed takes.

Does the colour of an intermediate spook fish with constant re-casting? I don't understand why the makers of intermediates use bright colours. I'm sure most anglers would agree that the colour, least likely to spook fish, is olive green.

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some sink evenly some don,t. you need a density compensated line to go down evenly. as for colour i can,t recall a bright coloured one ?

Both my intermediates take around 30 minutes to even start thinking about going down.
When they decide to work, the last 5 or 6 yd nearest the leader is annoyingly always last to sink. As you say, this creates a big "U" shape in the line, which in turn makes takes on the drop virtually impossible to connect with.
In extreme situations, I've smeared Leadersink up the last 10 yd of line, and that makes a delightful grating noise during the cast!
I have Greys & a Snowbee clear intermediates & am thinking about switching to a slow sinker (even for small stillwaters I fish) instead.

The last two intermediates I've had, from different makers, have been peach coloured. I'd regard them as being brightly coloured - they stand out like a wh0re at a wedding. I'm sure olive green would be less likely to alarm fish.

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Hi

I recently got an Airflo Mid-glass i have to say im very impressed seems to sink in a very uniform manner and they say 1" per second which seems to be true.

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Tommy, old bean, do tell how you know how a ***** stands out at a wedding??

Never heard that one before



My Cortland Blue does sink slightly quicker than the tip but once you pull it straight then it is fine.

My new favourite (courtesy of a tip from CharlieA1234) is the Snowbee Neutral Density - a beaut of a line indeed and well worth the sheckels it cost



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Hi', I find the Sci. Anglers' Kelly Green inter. and the Lime Green slow inter. behave very well. On a very clean, calm surface they may have to be encouraged to settle into the water. A quick tug usually works first time, and after a few casts they settle fairly level---judging by the visible performance. TC

posible i,ve seen them and asumed that they would be floaters, I thought blue,green were common colours for inters.

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Do you find it has a fair bit of line memory ?

The kelly green is a good line, sinks at a good rate and its the whole line that sinks together at the same time where as said some sink and leave the tip sitting for a while,

I have the Airflo sixth sense Di3 and there midglass i would buy both again in a heart beat superb "bite detection" and no memory problems i shall be adding more of there lines to my collection.

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Vision GT Four catapult 9' 6#
Vision GT Four SW 9' 9#
Vision 3 Zone 9' 5#
Vision Cult 9' 3#
Shakespeare Trion 9' 5/6#
Cortland Endurance 9' 6#
Shakespeare Expedition float tube
Vosseler DC3 reel
Okuma Helios 8/9 reel
Greys G series 3/4 reel
Snowbee Geo 3/4 reel