Replacing Fly Lines?
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😀 For my Steelhead and Salmon lines, I treat them after each use and have not replaced them in about 5 years. They are still in good shape. Trout lines I do replace because I like trying new lines. At most only 3 lines per year. The rest seem to last if treated with line cleaner and inspected on about a bi-monthly basis. I put most of the pressure on 3 wt. 4 wt. and 5 wt. lines. During the year I fish at least 3 to 4 times a week. I also switch line so that one doesn’t get over used. Also, I look for bargains or discontinued lines. There are some good buys out there. Silver Doc
😉 Forgot to add, that if a line develops cracks or really takes on a memory, then it’s replaced. With the prices of lines today you have to try to get alot of milage from them. S.D. 😉
I think if you fished the same line 3-4 times a week, you might only get a season or two out of one.
I fish 5wts almost exclusively, but use cane rods which are probably easier on lines. I’m more likely to do something idiotic (like step on a line with studded boots or let a fish wrap me around a rock) to ruin a line before it wears out, but I hedge my bets — I use DT lines, so I can just swap ends and keep going.
With that in mind, I’ve got a pair of Cortland 444 (peach lines) that are 4 years old, though one recently cracked and passed onto the next plane of existence, which fits with my intial estimate.
I expect my WF7 Air Cell Supreme to last a decade given it’s only used during the stonefly hatch and for the Rogue’s summer steelhead.
TC
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