Lou,

These are the results of a test I did a while back - Sage TCX #5, #7 & #10 all cast on the same day with a MED #5 line. I'll let you draw your own conclusions.

sms wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 1:20 am Apparantly getting a good bind between the mono and the coating is tricky.

If they 'roughed up' the surface of the core first it would promote much improved bonding. However, the Rio cores are glassy-smooth - and I think this is the root of their problems.

James

Anyone else want to crowd fund a saltwater version of SA’s MED? SA Amplitude lines are far and away the best on the market, no one else even comes close in my opinion. But the 51’ Infinity head is too short and front taper far too abrupt. I do like the new Bonefish Plus line, same 50’ head length b...

I just chuck the Runge-Kutta at everything these days because I've forgotten how to do maths

It may be a bad batch. They did have some quality control issues a few years ago. Maybe they are back? I think the issue is the super smooth monofilament core that they use. Anyone with some knowledge of materials science will tell you that adhering anything to a smooth surface is problematic. Inci...

I just thought I'd add to this - Rio saltwater fly lines are shite! Having spent a stupid amount of money on plastic strings it turns out that the adhesion to the core is abysmal, thus the coatings on my lines, after only one trip, are sliding up and down on the cores. The core itself is smooth mono...

I think if there's one cast that is widely mis-understood in terms of its definition then it's the '170'. I don't think I've ever read a definitive description of what this cast is. As such, I think there's a lot of confusion surrounding this cast. In fact I'd go as far to say as very, very few peop...

I'll just leave this here; the data is from the ICSF website linked by Torsten above:- 1st World Cup, 6th May Vicenza, Italy - participation fee 50 Euros 2nd World Cup, 20th May Lenzing Austria - participation fee 50 Euros 3rd World Cup, 30th June - 2nd July Ceske Budejovice, Czech Rep - fee 180 Eur...

James, Who do you want to revolt against? Is it: • The few volunteers who are donating their time and effort to organize the tournaments so that we can have fun? • The host association that are spending their human and financial resources on organizing the tournaments so that we caan have fun? • Or...

Looks like we may have the green shoots of change; the peasants are revolting! The ICSF do not have any protection with regards to the words 'world championship or world champion'. As such, any group can set up a WCs and, so long as it's supported within the eyes of those competing in casting sport,...