Looking to purchase a new streamer line for use mainly on the bow. Will be mostly wading , not fishing from a boat. What's everyone favourites and what to stay away from ? Thanks for any help
Just thinking, but why not grab a couple of poly leaders, different sink rates, and gauge what you like? I know it's not quite the same thing as a full line, but it's a cheaper option than finding out you don't like the line you bought. And you can always use them with another line somewhere else.
Just thinking, but why not grab a couple of poly leaders, different sink rates, and gauge what you like? I know it's not quite the same thing as a full line, but it's a cheaper option than finding out you don't like the line you bought. And you can always use them with another line somewhere else.
Might be a me problem but I could never cast those things well with a single hand rod. Loops would always collapse on me, I think if you cut the front taper off the line that might help but then it’s useless for anything else.
Might be a me problem but I could never cast those things well with a single hand rod. Loops would always collapse on me, I think if you cut the front taper off the line that might help but then it’s useless for anything else.
The SA Streamer Express has impressed me.
I run the Streamer express fast sink with a 20 foot head. Probably a bit long for the Bow. I always found It fine walking and wading and recently bought a drift boat but never cast yet as I am on the oars !!!!!
I like the SA Streamer Express. I had to buy a new one after a day on the Bow. Mike (County Pleasures?) chopped the tip in half to about 15 feet and replaced the loop, worked really fine. Mind you that was in a drift boat.
12-15ft sink tips have worked great for me for the last 25 years.
About a type 4 seems to work best for the Bow in normal flows.
Higher/faster water, you can use a Type 6, but that heavier line can drag too much once the water level falls.
good weight-forward floating line with a couple split shots pinned infront of your streamer gets the job done on 85% of the flowing water in alberta.
Why not chuck some streamers under a bobber, sorry an indicator and call it a day? You can dead drift them, twitch them, pulse them, have a big nasty loop of line dragging who cares.
Dedicated streamer line
and call it a day? You can dead drift them, twitch them, pulse them, have a big nasty loop of line dragging who cares.
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