Folks,

As I checked the gear this spring getting the bigger bass rods ready, I noticed a #7 and a #8 are both cracked and badly worn. This is in addition to a #4 line that I'd already intended to replace as I had to cut the first 10 feet off the head it was so badly worn.

Now these weren't chep lines, the #4 and #8 were SA Ultra4s and the #7 was a 555.

So I went online to you-know-where and priced out replacements. Huuhhhh wanah? Just short of $200 with shipping!!!! What the freak?

That's just crazy! I must be out of touch, but $60 for a fly line? I can't do it. As Mrs. Grouse says, I may be cheap, but I make up for it by being really thrifty.

What are my choices for good value fly lines?

I cannot for a minute believe that there aren't perfectly good WF lines out there for around $40 or less. There's absolutely no way a plastic made-in-China-like-everything-else fly line should cost $60 and $200 for fly lines in one year is just crazytalk.

Grouse