Rio Fly Lines

I asked for some advice on fly lines a while back here on the site and several folks suggested the Rio Lines for various applications. I ended up buying the Rio Grand WF for my 6 weight and love it. It really shoots line well and has minimal memory. It loads very well. I also bought the Selective Trout II in DT for a 4 weight bamboo rod. It has just about no memory what so ever, lays a fly down very nicely, and will still reach out there if necessary. I fished both very hard this summer here in Alaska and they are working very well. Great fly lines......and a sponsor, eh? I would buy them again in a heartbeat.

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Originally Posted by Alaska Dean

I asked for some advice on fly lines a while back here on the site and several folks suggested the Rio Lines for various applications. I ended up buying the Rio Grand WF for my 6 weight and love it. It really shoots line well and has minimal memory. It loads very well. I also bought the Selective Trout II in DT for a 4 weight bamboo rod. It has just about no memory what so ever, lays a fly down very nicely, and will still reach out there if necessary. I fished both very hard this summer here in Alaska and they are working very well. Great fly lines......and a sponsor, eh? I would buy them again in a heartbeat.

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I have been looking for a new fly line and some have suggested Rio lines to me. I have also tried one (Rio Outbound) which my brother owns and loved it. Looks like my next one will be a Rio. Thanks for sharing this information. :)

I really like the Rio Gold and Selective Trout. Both work well on my rods. Not the only good line out there, but I don't think one would go wrong buying a Rio line product.

I really like their tippet and leaders too.

Jeff

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Originally Posted by jeffnles1

I really like the Rio Gold and Selective Trout. Both work well on my rods. Not the only good line out there, but I don't think one would go wrong buying a Rio line product.

I really like their tippet and leaders too.

Jeff

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Jeff,

Do you use the Rio on your SLT? If so, which one? I have an SLT in the 590-4 configuration and its time for a new line. I am currently using SA Headstart, but I am not married to it and looking to change to another.

I purchased the Rio Grand for my 3wt in the weight forward floating and I would recommend it. I bought it because the Rio Grand states it is formulated for the fast action rods and my 3wt is a Sage XP 2pc in 8 foot length. It casts very smoothly and I like it.

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Originally Posted by TyroneFly

Jeff,

Do you use the Rio on your SLT? If so, which one? I have an SLT in the 590-4 configuration and its time for a new line. I am currently using SA Headstart, but I am not married to it and looking to change to another.

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I use Rio Selective Trout on my Scott G2 and Rio Gold on my Winston B2T. On the SLT, I'm currently using Scientific Anglers Mastery series (for the 3wt) and sometimes I overline the rod with 4wt and I have a spool strung with Orvis Wonderline. (The SLT is a 7'6" 3wt).

I really like the Rio Gold on that Winstor 4wt. The Gold just seems to cast better than the Orvis or the Rio Trout. The SA Mastery would be my next favorite. If I had to rank the lines I own, it would be
Rio Gold (1 rod)
SA Mastery (2 rods)
Rio Selective Trout (4 rods)
Orvis Wonderlinec(1 rod)
Cabela's Prestige (1 rod)

Hope this helps.

Jeff

Where the RIO lines really shine is in their Saltwater Tropic lines. They are a little stiffer than the SA lines and don't wilt or get sticky in the heat, making them perfect for tropical saltwater applications.
DickM. :cool:

How is the Rio mainstream line? I'm looking at it for my 10-' 7wt.

By no means am I about to criticize Rio lines. I have and use many of them and buy a lot of lines every year. Rio is perhaps the most castable line for newer folks. By making their lines a half-weight heavier than standard they slow the action down and reduce timing criticality. They cast easier.

I have rods that respond very well to over-weighting and some to under-weighting. My wife hates her 5wt Sage until she uses a 7wt TT line on it. She likes to roll cast.

There is nothing like actually trying various lines on a particular rod to see what feels best for you. Not everyone is trying to cast across the Great Lakes every time out.

At a Denny Rickards seminar a month or so ago he stated SA makes the best lines, period. Of course he only fishes lakes and finds the intermediate sink rate lines by SA to be exactly the right thing for him.

Everybody is different and every rod just complicates that issue. ;)
art

Hap,

At a Denny Rickards seminar a year or so ago, he said the Cortland intermediate lines were the best there is, period. I guess he got a new sponsor for this year.

Greg

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Originally Posted by hap

Rio is perhaps the most castable line for newer folks. By making their lines a half-weight heavier than standard they slow the action down and reduce timing criticality. They cast easier.

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Hap:

Not all Rio lines are over weight; the Rio Classic is a notable exception and I think the Gold & Selective Trout are standard weight as well. Just like Sci Anglers GPX the Rio Grand is a 1/2 weight or so heavier.

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Originally Posted by Greg F

Hap,

At a Denny Rickards seminar a year or so ago, he said the Cortland intermediate lines were the best there is, period. I guess he got a new sponsor for this year.

Greg

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Nope, he did not get a new sponsor... I goofed. As a result I have severly reprimanded my typing finger and he promises to never do that again! Sorry for the confusion.
art with egg on face

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Hap:

Not all Rio lines are over weight; the Rio Classic is a notable exception and I think the Gold & Selective Trout are standard weight as well. Just like Sci Anglers GPX the Rio Grand is a 1/2 weight or so heavier.

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I have a selective trout in hand in 6wt and my scale says it is overweight??? I honestly do not know which lines are heavy as they do not broadcast that info...
Thanks for the clarification.
art

Hap:

I could be wrong too but this is what I was told by a Rio rep once.

Considering that the weight of a line is determined in grains and is the first 30 feet MINUS the front running line; I never trusted those fly line scales.

I agree fully and find the only real measure that matters is how I like the line on the particular rod....
art

I've got Rio Clouser lines on three of my LMB and striper rods and the lines are wonderful for casting...well Clousers. Not to mention any other big, heavy, air resistant flies. Super line! Just my 2% of a dollar. 8T :)

I just put a Rio Gold WF5 F on a TFO AXIOM 9ft 4 pc I just got. It casts great in the yard. I'll get it out next week on some water.
I own several other Rio lines and like them.

I put a Selective Trout on my 4 weight TXL and simply love it.

I've used Scientific Angler fly lines almost my entire fly fishing life, of now over 40 years.

This past year I bought an 8 wt Rio Outbound for use on my 9 1/2' 7 wt Sage XP, to use here in Montana, primarily for the large streamers that we are beginning to fish more and more as Fall progresses.

For big fish on big streamers in big rivers, I give this line a BIG thumbs up!

John