looking to buy a 3# floating line for small streems. i do not wish to pay loads of cash. any ideas or advice would be welcome, by the way i have orderd the Shakespeare Odyssey XT 3# rod. great price and by all accounts it's a good rod. just need a line to go with it. Cheers Maxie

i would go for a barrio dt3 , i just got a dt4 for my superfine and already use a barrio dt5 for larger rivers.@ £19 deliverd you cant go wrong.they are nice lines

I have started using the Orvis Superfine Trout lines when fishing my #3 weight rod that I use for small streams. I find that it shoots through the rings well, floats high and does not carry excessive coil memory from sitting on the reel. At £60 it may be more tha you want to spend, but if looked after it will last many seasons.

Try to go for a lighter coloured line, grey, peach etc. When casting in a darktunnel of trees its usefull to be able to quickly glance behind and pick the line out Will save you more than a few flies.

Steve

Don't do that! It is important not to scare your fish. The dullest, drabbest, line you can get will be best.

richard

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Richard

This is an interesting point. Do you suppose the fish spot a light colored line over head easier than a dark line? Persnally I like a white dry line against the a bright sky than a dark line. I also like a white line at night. So I can see it on the water.
I am interested in your observations.

Bobby

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Thanks

For fishing in small overgrown waters I would use any cheap line - as it is going to take a hammering so will need replacing quickly. Better a newish cheap line than a battered, cracked old line.

When I was really broke I would cut the line in 2 and put one half away in an airtight tin.

For a #3 rod I would use a #4 line, as I would never be casting more than 2/3 rod lengths (Rod/line ratings are based on 30ft of line). I would also cut of most of the small length of level line often found at the end of the taper. When you only have about one rod length of line out then you need that extra bit of weight to get the leader aerialised. When casting such short distances, with a short leader, getting the rod working properly means that you can pose your line without disturbing fish.

Just to complete the image of the total exentric - my favourite rod for this type of fishing is a 1970's Davenport and Fordham Farstrike - 7ft, glass fibre, much improved after repairing the butt (savagely attacked by a car door) with a piece of a roach pole.

Not going to make many frieds with tackle dealers am I?

Gordon

Thought that was the point of a DT line anyways,so why not use one of them if you was skint?

Neil

I was of course using a DT line - using a WF line on an overgrown stream when maximum casting distance is going to be a few feet is illogical. WF lines are designed to be cast when the whole head section is in the air.

I would take the new DT line - cut it in half and store the unused half in an airtight tin. In this way it did not deteriorate as it would do if sored on the reel. I then had a replacement line for when the old line was knackered.

Also meant I could use a smaller, lighter reel as it only needed to store half a line and some backing.

Gordon

PS In the mountain areas of France they fish streams in the high meadows - here the tackle is very different as there are no trees to hamper the angler. They use long rods, 11ft if they can get them, and fine lines that offer little wind resistance (silk lines are still popular). In this style of fishing the angler stands well back from the bank and little or none of the leader touches the water, to avoid drag. Much easier to fish if the wind is blowing upstream.