recomended spey line

[phil dean]

have fun, there's no water in the south tyne so i'll be on the irthing sratching for brownies.

[Sportsman]

Sportsman

 

They are just the ones on reels ready to go!

 

Just noticed your from Balmoral. I will be up your way this thursday as i'm fishing Crathie for the day.

 

It's not fishing badly at the moment. My mate is ghillie on the Birkhall beat just below you and he had 7 fish last week.

Have a good day

[andros]

Phil

 

So your venturing into the land of Spey lines! I presume you will be looking for a floating line?

 

The best of the bunch has to be the Carron Jetstream lines, superb casting but expensive.

 

The Snowbee 2D lines are also very good, cast very well but have a gentle front taper which can struggle if you want to turn over sinking polytips etc.

 

Partridge Ian Gordon lines are good but stick with the short head - 65ft version.

 

Rio Windcutter is a very popular line although I am not a fan.

 

If you would like to try a few lines out give me a shout and next time i'm at Whitfield I can nip over for you to try a few out.

 

I have the following that you can try:

 

Carron Jetstream 75 10/11 Floater

Carron Jetstream 75 10/11 Intermediate

Snowbee 2d 10/11 Sinktip

Snowbee Scandi Spey 10/11 Intermediate

Rio AFS Outbound 10/11 Floater

Ian Gordon 65ft 11/12 Intermediate

Ian Gordon 65ft 11/12 Med Sink

Ian Gordon 65ft 11/12 Fast Sink

Airflo Delta Multi Tip

Rio Windcutter 9/10/11 Floater

 

 

 

Also worth having a look at this site http://salmo.proboards74.com/index.cgi?

 

Cheers

 

Dave

 

 

Hi

Ian Gordon designed the Carron line then moved to Partridge - Are not the Partridge lines the same but much better value? I think they are excellent.

Andros

[andros]

Ian Gordon designed the Carron Jetstream then left Carron and went to Partridge to make 'his' line. Are not the Partridge 'Ian Gordon' the same as the Carron that Ian Gordon designed? The main difference is the Partridge much better value? They are excellent.

Andros

[phil dean]

so how much cheaper are the partridge lines?

[Dave Sadowski]

so how much cheaper are the partridge lines?

 

The Partridge IG lines normally retail for £40.

 

They are different to the Carron Jetstream lines though.

 

Ian Gordon was heavily involved with the Carron Jetstream lines in the early days, I believe much of the design is now carried out by James Chalmers.

 

The profiles of the Partridge lines are different to them on the Carron lines. The Partridge lines are available with head lengths of 65 and 75ft. Both of these head lengths have different different front profiles with that of the 65 being slightly more aggressive.

 

The Carron JS floaters are available in 75ft, 85ft and I also think 95ft and 105ft head lengths.

 

Im sure they are also manufactured by different companies.

 

Ian Gordon no longer works for Partridge, he's now working with Hardy/Greys, I had a casting lesson with him up on Speyside a few weeks back.

 

Phil, your welcome to try the Carron line alongside the Partridge if you wish as I have both and will be up on the North Tyne on saturday.

Edited July 2, 2008 by Dave Sadowski

[phil dean]

then I'll have to make the effort to meet up, we had a good run last week

 

 

 

 

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