Strengths: qwike to airilise and shoot, so good in a brease. good line speed and flys out onto the water.
Weaknesses: its a heavy line to airilise and it dosent land as softly as some.
Overall: "dose what it says on the tin" think thats the best way of explaining it. this is not a line for sutlty but if you wont shooting head distace with out a shooting head then this could be for u. i have only yoused the fast int with a floating runing line in 7wt and i think its grate. if airflo produce a salt water/pike vershen i think thay could have a winer. i will def be first in line. im toying with the idea of getin the same line in a 9wt for just that.
Strengths: The distance that can be achieved is very impressive. There is a definate technique needed though. I find it best to get the coloured belly airbourne plus about a metre of the running line and then haul on the line. This allows you to shoot the line out. If too much of the running line is aerialised the cast seems to collapse.
Weaknesses: Presentation is hampered but after a few outing this can be overcome. I was dissappointed with the memory on the floating line. The sinkers seemed to be ok. The other problem i have found is that after about 12 months regular use the running line started to crack on a few of them.
Overall: I enjoy using these lines as they do allow you to fish more water and once you get the hang of them you can get better presentation aswell. Having said that, they won't be everyones cup of tee. I don't use a floating one any more because of the memory.
Strengths: The Polyfuse technogy spices a slick shooting backing to a floating head in a very clever way. The line is like a shooting head that can be cast a long way by a competent caster.
Weaknesses: Polyurethane line technology will feel strange to some. It has a "wiry" feel that is not easy to "figure of eight" retrieve
Overall: I have mixed feelings about this new line from Airflo although in truth I think the rod I used, a Greys Greyflex 91/2 foot 7/8, was not up to the job. I think I would like the head a yard or two shorter.
However I was able to get a good 35 yard cast. I wouldn't recommend this line for beginners. For a floating line you can't beat a standard weight forward in my opinion. However I an looking forward to trying the intermediate version of this line
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