Re: SA Mastery Series - Trout
djo;
You're not "doing anything wrong, or expecting too much", when a brand new fly line performs the way you've described it. Temperature, has nothing to do with a tip section "sinking right away", either.
I've had the same, exact, problems with two Mastery IV lines I own; one, a WF/5/F, the other a WF/6/F.
I don't know, if it has something to do with SA's quality control or, what really. I also have a Mastery DT/5/F that's quite old and it floats like a cork, without my doing a thing to it. Always has. So does my Mastery III, WF/5/F.
I've never cut any of these lines, (although, that's a very good point Flyandtie1 made!), as I always use slip on braided loops, as soon as any line comes from the box, before it goes onto a reel.
Of course, I clean all my lines, on a regular basis, but still.................. my two newer, Matery IV lines, (the WF-5 and WF-6), won't stay afloat very long!? About 10-15 casts and "down they go"! VERY maddening as I'm sure you already know!
I, agree, take the line back and switch for a Rio Gold or even for an AirFlo 7000. Both, are excellent lines and I, personally, like them better than any of my Mastery lines, even my older ones.
Paul
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