Originally Posted by
overmywaders
A silk line can cost $250.00 or more. However, that will last twenty years (I've fished forty year old lines for seasons and they were as good as new), so if you amoritize the expense over that time frame the lines are cheap.
OTOH, the modern plastic lines, we are told, should be replaced every few years because the plasticizers and floatants leach out and cannot be replaced. The Sharkskin and Rodge lines are the latest attempt at simulating the uneven texture of a silk line which is what permits silk to shoot better than PVC. (Silk also floats higher, cuts the wind better, and mends better.)
All that said, I like the Cortland "444" peach lines.