01-26-2010, 01:23 AM
I am sorry. Yes Weight Forward is a taper.
The taper of the line is what projects you no weight fly out.
The lines are set up with a short tip section (beginning of the line), then followed by a front taper which varies line to line and is the specialty part. Somewhere like 6' to 11'.
Then there is the BODY. On a Weight forward this also depends on the specialty of the line. On a Double taper, it is the running line.
Here is an example of a line taper. Note, there is little to a Double Taper. The front and the rear of the line are mirror images
WF:
Tip: 1' / Front Taper 10' / Body 25' / back taper 5' / running line 49'
(okay you have a 1' piece going in to a bullet shape with 10' going in and 5' coming out then the running line is thinner, less wind resistance, easier to mend)
DT:
Tip 1' / Front taper 10' / Body/running: 60' / back taper 10' / tip 1'
(note that both lines are the same in the tip, front taper, and first part of body. 31' that is what I said there is no difference in the first 30' or so) It is from there.
DT is a thicker line and floats better because of mass. A better design for small creeks and streams which is not to say you can long cast. Just more wind resistance)
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The taper of the line is what projects you no weight fly out.
The lines are set up with a short tip section (beginning of the line), then followed by a front taper which varies line to line and is the specialty part. Somewhere like 6' to 11'.
Then there is the BODY. On a Weight forward this also depends on the specialty of the line. On a Double taper, it is the running line.
Here is an example of a line taper. Note, there is little to a Double Taper. The front and the rear of the line are mirror images
WF:
Tip: 1' / Front Taper 10' / Body 25' / back taper 5' / running line 49'
(okay you have a 1' piece going in to a bullet shape with 10' going in and 5' coming out then the running line is thinner, less wind resistance, easier to mend)
DT:
Tip 1' / Front taper 10' / Body/running: 60' / back taper 10' / tip 1'
(note that both lines are the same in the tip, front taper, and first part of body. 31' that is what I said there is no difference in the first 30' or so) It is from there.
DT is a thicker line and floats better because of mass. A better design for small creeks and streams which is not to say you can long cast. Just more wind resistance)
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