RIO Gold Fly Line

March 7th, 2008 Buster

This fall I bought a fly rod and wanted to change my reel and fly line outfit for the new rod. I researched fly reels for a while and decide on one, now half the battle is over. I was talking with a couple of guys at the fly shop and they recommended a new fly line that is about to hit the market. They had received demo lines from the company and they had loved them. I was able to view the RIO Gold fly line at the fly shop. The fly line is a dual colored fly line; the head is Moss and the running line is Gold. The guys told me that this was the slickest line they had ever fished; the fly line launched from the rod. I was sold.

A few weekends ago, my buddy convinced me to join him and another guy on the river for a few hours on Saturday afternoon. While getting my gear together, I thought to myself, “Great! Here is my chance to fish the new rod, reel and fly line.”

The river was hot with action, but I was cold on the water, fish were rising here and there. While on the river, I switched from fishing streamers, to nymph, to midges, and streamers again with marginal success. Although, hooking into fish was my problem, presenting the fly was not. It didn’t matter what I was using, the Rio Gold delivered the fly every time. The fly line seemed to launch from the fly rod. That is due to the extreme weight forward taper of the fly line. I could also look at the fly line and know how much line I had out. The head of the fly line is a Moss color and about 47 feet in length; the running line is Gold in color and make up the rest of the 90 foot fly line.

From the website, “The (Rio Gold fly) lines features RIO’s new Extreme Slickness Technology for an extraordinarily slick, dirt-repelling coating; in addition RIO’s AgentX and Super Floatation Technologies ensure the line tip and running line remain floating high.” – Rio Products, Freshwater Lines, Rio Gold

Other features include a welded-in loop at the end of the fly line for loop to loop fly line to leader connections. The fly line is a weight and a half. So if you are looking for an ultra slick, easy to us fly line to load up a fast action fly rod with minimal effort, this fly line might be for you.

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