A limited range of lines will be available from the hotel from early March. Made in the UK and tailored to fishing small rivers, the lines have evolved from many prototypes used and abused by the hotel instructors and regular rods last season.
Our particular favourite is the 'PR Sink-Tip'. PR stands for 'Peal Remover' and - in our view - it's the perfect night sea trout line for small rivers. It's a white floating line that features a 4ft neutral-density tip (dark-olive coloured) to get the fly down a few inches deeper and avoid any wake which can and will spook fish on our westcountry streams. Unlike many sink tips, it turns over very smoothly without the noticeable clunky 'hinging' of some; this both gives a more stealthy touchdown on the water and aids all-important accuracy. At the same time, the tapers have been tweaked to handle our usual size 4 to 8 wet flies, as well as bulky 2-3 inch surface lures. The thicker-than-usual running line allows for more efficient mending and easy handling (ie little tangling!) at night.
Most importantly, (and without wanting to waffle on with the usual maketing man's jargon) they do the job they were made for, and we're happy with them.
Bring on those jumbo June sea trout.
The PR Sink-Tip will be available in WF 6 and WF 7.
Olive-coloured, floating river lines will be available in WF 4 and WF 5.
A white-coloured, 'standard' floating line will be available in WF 6.
The price is likely to be around £30 per line.
Orders are being taken now, and only 20 of each line (in each line rating) will be available for the time being.
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