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Sunday, 30 December 2007 00:00

riogoldI got out and fished the Rio Gold line today. It certainly got wet, the first time in a very long time that there was too much water in the stream. Despite the rain and the high water I made the best of it. 

The Rio Gold was a pleasure to cast. Slick is right, I couldn't believe how slick the line is. It shoots very easily and stripping the line is a breeze. Because of the high water I fished nymphs with more weight than normal. More than I planned on for my 6.5' bamboo. Also keep in mind this was only the second time I have gotten to fish my recently acquired Orivs Superfine boo. While it was work, the line turned over the 2 lead BB split shots plus the weighted nymph well. Due to the high water the stream I went to was really wasn't safe to wade, so I fished a few pools. I ended up catching five rainbows between 7" and 10". I then decided try plan B which was a smaller stream. The water wasn't much better there. At that point I choose to leave the park and either head back home or try to find some water that wasn't quite so deep. I mainly just wanted to cast the line and rod more.

I went by the DH section of the Tuck and it was pretty washed out and very high. I saw two people fishing and they were waist deep about 2 feet off the bank. Not really the conditions I wanted to try the new line on so I went on my way. After weighing my options I choose to fore go some of the wild streams that way and ended up heading to the N. Mills. 

I got the the N. Mills around 2:30, and had the stream to myself. I rigged the rod up with a #16 copper john which is more a typical weight for the rigs I use and figured it would be a better litmus test for the new line and rod. With a more appropriate weight both the line and the rod were more pleasure than work. The line really came alive for me. It turned over excellent both in very close quarters and at long distances. The line loaded the rod very nicely and made delicate presentations. Did I mention slick? It has to be one of the slickest lines I have ever had. It floated very well both in the high waters at the first stream and in the tamer waters of the N. Mills. Very easy to pick up to either cast or mend. For giggles I figured I would see how far I could cast the line comfortably. To my surprise I was able to the running part of the line with ease. Also easy to tell because the line turns from "moss" to "gold". According to the specs the head length is 47 feet. After getting into the running part of the line it became a bit more difficult to cast. Admittedly I'm not great at a double haul nor do I have to cast more than 50 feet too often. That and I am more accustom to graphite than bamboo. So I'll attribute the difficulty of casting the line over 50' do to my skill level. I will say casting it around the 40' mark was pretty much effortless. 

So all done and said I give the Rio Gold a big thumbs up. While the taper is a bit different than the Triangle Taper, I really liked it. In some aspects it felt quite different than the TT but performed very similar. At other times it felt very much the same as the TT. I know I said I'd probably get a TT for the second rod but I maybe laing towards the Rio Gold now. I'm sure this line would perform well on a variety of rod actions as well.

It was great to get out on the water today even with the rain. Which also gave me a chance to test my new winter jacket, it passed with flying colors. I also found out my Simms wader have stared to leak, which I'm not too upset about since they have been used and abused for 3+ years. I only took one picture because of the rain, but I'll try to post in a bit.

Oh yeah I also caught 5 bows while testing the new line on the N. Mills

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