How many of you still use a double taper?

[DerekWhipple]

I notice that double taper lines are still sold, despite not hearing about anyone using them.

Do you still use a double taper line? What for? Blue lining? Nymphing from a boat?

 

[Zak]

I notice that double taper lines are still sold, despite not hearing about anyone using them.

Do you still use a double taper line? What for? Blue lining? Nymphing from a boat?

I do. My Sage 486 LL is rigged with a DT line and that is the rod I use most.
A large part of it thriftiness. When one end of the line gets too cracked, I can flip it around. But I also think it helps me delicately lay dries on the water.

 

[fatbillybob]

I do!

 

[SurfnFish]

an 864 Redingtion Classic Trout matched with 4 wt DT is my go to on Fall and Crooked rivers. Accurate up to 40', light landing on the water, great with either dries or small nymphs, and an excellent roll caster.

 

[MGM]

Agree with Zak, they can compliment a dry fly presentation especially with bamboo.

 

[chrome/22]

I'm all weight forward except possibly on my tiny 2 weight that one might be a double taper

 

[Zak]

an 864 Redingtion Classic Trout matched with 4 wt DT is my go to on Fall and Crooked rivers. Accurate up to 40', light landing on the water, great with either dries or small nymphs, and an excellent roll caster.

I do think a DT line makes roll casts easier.

 

[RCF]

I do on my IM6 rods. Great for nymphs and dries.

 

[Greg Armstrong]

I have a bunch of them, as do most that fish bamboo.

 

[Tom Butler]

Blue lines yes. Euro is dt, most 4wts are, and my Sylk bamboo lines. Back to fishing 5 and 6 wt Peaches too.

 

[clarkman]

I used to sometimes. But, I found that for trout and other smaller fish where you're fishing within 50' (could probably even go 30') that negates any appreciable advantage that a DT may have. Now, front taper on the WF line DOES matter. sometimes.

 

[fatbillybob]

I do think a DT line makes roll casts easier.

That's it! If one only "overhead" casts then WF is the best balance between distance and delicacy of presentation. Most fishers only know the overhead cast. But with a DT line you can throw any cast. It is the swiss army knife of flylines. Until I learned Spey and the 9 casts of the realm I never realized how much easier, efficient, and productive my fly fishing could be.

 

[Salmo_g]

I'm all WF lines, all the time. If I needed to roll cast 50' or more, then I'd be using a DT. I haven't found the WF to be a disadvantage for the distances that I roll cast.

 

[Dave Boyle]

I use it on my 4wt Winston for dries on lakes, unlike a forward taper I can easily pull a long line and recast immediately to cover a fish. It an airflo and I love it.

Dave

 

[Smalma]

A double taper dry line still has a role in my fly fishing. A DT 4 or 5 weight are my go-to lines for fishing chironomids "naked, and dry flies on calm waters (lakes or rivers) and spring creeks. Also. back in the day when I skated a lot of dry flies for steelhead in low water (mid-summer into the fall) I also often used a DT dry line for the ease of mending, reach casts, etc.

In lakes I also use a DT intermediate sinking line for situations with spooky fish.

Curt

 

[Old406Kid]

I put one on my Powell last year and have really enjoyed the feel and mendability.

 

[kmudgn]

I use them on my bamboo rods. Cortland Sylk.

 

[Brian Miller]

I found a 3DT line on "4 weight" 7 1/2' Bamboo rod with a Garrison 201 taper felt better to me than the 4W(F) recommended for it.
While it can cast further it doesn't fish as well for me across currents beyond ~30' like a longer rod can so I use it for smaller streams.

 

[Old406Kid]

If this thread goes too long I have a feeling that the retailers are going to be scratching their heads as to why the newfound popularity in DT lines suddenly emerged.

 

[RCF]

If it is windy I will switch from DT to WF lines for a bit of added punch...