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Floating Fly Lines

Mastery Series Freshwater Lines

Nymph

Specialty Taper

Applications / features:

  • The perfectly balanced nymph line - now made with new Dry Tip Technology for fly fishing's ultimate floating fly line experience
  • Powerful front taper for longer casts with weighted nymphs
  • Easily turns over bigger flies, indicators, and shot
  • Better mending, stack mending, and roll casting
  • Ideal for nymphing in big water, especially when using single-hand spey casting techniques
  • Two-tone color helps you know when to recast
  • New orange indicator tip helps detect strikes

Taper characteristics:

  • More powerful front taper turns over weighted-flies, split-shot, and wind-resistant strike indicators
  • Extra-long compound tapered head improves line control, mending, and stack mending
  • Extra-long head length allows single-hand spey casting and overhead casting
  • Larger tip diameter, with Dry Tip Technology, for optimum floatation
  • High-floating for easier mending and better strike detection

Core:

  • Braided multifilament nylon with optimum air entrapment for minimum memory, maximum floatation

Coating:

  • Specially formulated 3M PVC integrated with patented AST and Dry Tip Technology

Color: Willow/Orange

Willow Fire Orange

Matching Leader:
Mastery Series Trout

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Headstart™

Easy-Fishing Taper

Applications / features:

  • Made half-size heavier to increase rod load for easier casting and designed with a forgiving front taper that turns over easily - making this the ideal fly line for beginners and occasional anglers
  • Quick-loading and quick-shooting for fast-casting big dry flies, hoppers, salmon flies, streamers, and nymphs
  • Telecast bump on running line (see below) tells you by feel when to pick up and recast

Taper characteristics:

  • Shorter head and shorter front taper allow easier turnover for longer casts with less effort
  • The design also enhances accuracy
  • Slightly thicker tip floats higher on the water to make fish strikes easier to detect

Core:

  • Braided multifilament nylon with optimum air entrapment for minimum memory, maximum floatation

Coating:

  • Specially formulated 3M PVC integrated with patented AST - Advanced Shooting Technology
  • Harder finish enhances shootability

Colors:

Optic Yellow
Optic Yellow

Matching Leader:
Mastery Series Trout

Download an INFORMATION
BULLETIN
(PDF 392K) for this product.