11-28-2007, 08:00 PM
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 4]The color won't effect the fishing ratio. I think it is more for the manufacture to tell what is what. I love Rio and I will be switching lines out as time goes by to the Rio (the Windcutter and the Trout Select is awesome line)[/size][/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 4]Anyway, sinking line is like lead core with PVC coating. More weight for the faster sinking. But if you held a #6 floating next to a #6 sinking, you will see sinking line is way thinner to cut through the water better where floating needs mass/density for floatation.[/size][/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 4]Now for the color. I currently own the CLEAR CAMO Intermediate which the name says it all, although Orvis has an Intermediate in clear or Buckskin and a striper intermediate in a pale blue. I have a Type I that is a light Gray or pale blue (and in my opinion Type one sinks slightly faster than Intermediate), A Type II that is Green (with a darker green about 15' at the end for stripping purposes) A Type III that is Brown, a Type IV that is a dark gray and a Type VII that is black. Now the Three and the Seven are Rio, but the rest are Orvis, but I just think it is a color code so you can tell the weight of the line.[/size][/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 4]So, going off of this chart, did you get a Type III?[/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 4]Anyway, sinking line is like lead core with PVC coating. More weight for the faster sinking. But if you held a #6 floating next to a #6 sinking, you will see sinking line is way thinner to cut through the water better where floating needs mass/density for floatation.[/size][/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 4]Now for the color. I currently own the CLEAR CAMO Intermediate which the name says it all, although Orvis has an Intermediate in clear or Buckskin and a striper intermediate in a pale blue. I have a Type I that is a light Gray or pale blue (and in my opinion Type one sinks slightly faster than Intermediate), A Type II that is Green (with a darker green about 15' at the end for stripping purposes) A Type III that is Brown, a Type IV that is a dark gray and a Type VII that is black. Now the Three and the Seven are Rio, but the rest are Orvis, but I just think it is a color code so you can tell the weight of the line.[/size][/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 4]So, going off of this chart, did you get a Type III?[/size][/font]
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