A friend of mine accompanied me into a fly shop in Colorado this past summer...

He wanted (maybe needed, his line was pretty old) a new fly line.

I'd heard some pretty nice things about the Sharkskin lines..and told him about them.

He bought one. I got to cast it .

I like the line, and I'll buy one when I next need to replace a floating line.

He's a better caster than I am. He was impressed with how the line casts...

But he HATES the NOISE. Nothing in anything I'd read or had been told mentioned anything about how loud these lines are.

He dislikes the sound so much I may get this line free....(the sound doesn't bother me).

Anyone else notice this...did he maybe get a 'bad' line (I know the shop would take it back and/or replace it if that's the case)?

Buddy