WF or DT, What Do You Prefer?

[Mark Patenaude]

Do you prefer Weight Forward or Double Taper line for your trout fishing?

I use weight forward exclusively, except when I'm know I'm going to a creek with cover tight to the banks and alot of trees overhead that will requiring alot of roll casting, then I switch the spool to DT.

Mark

[yashuone]

weight forward as well. i lack the frugality to comprimise the shooting ability and presentation of a weight forward line just to get a bit more use out of the line. in tight situations i use my 6' 3wt. this rod also has weight forward and hasn't seemed to hamper my ability to roll cast since the line is so light. it's a great rod and has the ability to land large fish quicker than you would think (i've found that the tippet is far more a factor in speed of landing than rod and line weight). i do however use a sink tip line on my 5wt when in a strong current situation or swinging streamers or trying to get a nymph down deep, other than that, it's all wf.

[jlibs]

I just got my first full sinking line for my 5 wt on a new spool for swinging wets/streamers in faster currents, etc. I have not used it yet.

How do you manage casting the line after you have stripped the line back to you after a drift/swing?

Do you typically use a stripping basket?

Any tips?

JLIBS

[yashuone]

never used a full sink in fresh water. in salt you use a basket. i would imagine that a basket would be the way to go in the sweetwater as well. the sink tip is effective because it's still relatively easy to get up off the water and since only the very front portion of the line sinks the stripped line remains afloat for casting.

[ctroy36]

Weight forward now, though when I was younger and poorer DT meant two lines for the price of one.

I use a variety of sink tips when necessary depending on how deep it needs to be. Because I fish mostly nymphs and do a great deal of roll casting, I picked up one of Rio's Nymph lines for my 6-weight. Roll casts great and handles multi-fly rigs and sink tips with ease.

[strbender]

I use both WF and DT. I use the WF mostly on open water were casting is not a problem. The DT I use mostly on the streams and small rivers because it roll casts better. I also use the Rio 7' sinking leaders in all 3 sink rates with the WF on open water. It helps to get deeper with out needing a third line type.

[Uplander]

WF.