![]() ![]() ![]() I'm hoping SA brings out the Saltwater Taper in the Amp Smooth or Amplitude series eventually. SA doesn't have the Amp Smooth or the Amp line in the Saltwater taper (light, all around line), just a Bonefish taper (light long taper for lightweight bonefish size and weight flies, which the 3D loves to throw), or the Grand Slam taper (More aggressive and slightly heavier). Remember, with a very fast and crisp 6wt, the rod is temperamental and will tell you if it likes the line or not. Otherwise, just buy a SA Mastery Saltwater taper line in a 6wt. If he wants to fish close and load close, like up in the mangroves, then use the BTT Short in a 5wt. So for Steve, if he's looking for a fast action for the flats, then go with the BTT in a 5wt, which is a true 6wt line. ![]() For Steve, it will be Norm Zeigler's place, West Wall and I saw that Ammelvets SWFL ROd Rack in Cape Coral carries them (But IDK what they are). If you have a shop that you could try one out, try a 5wt BTT. Both the standard TT and the BTT are a full line weight heavier than the stated line size. For that, you might as well be fishing a TFO Mangrove with a BTT Short line or just roll casting an 8wt fly out to them with an 8wt. So small light weight 6wt size presentation is the key, unlike some of you guys up north of us, or on the Mosquito Lagoon area where you are plopping down 8wt size flies at 20-30ft in front of you while you are looking down and staring at the fish. They don't also want large flies crashing around them (very skiddish fish). So that rod is geared more for what he needs. So 50-70ft+ shots is the norm without spooking those fish. I know these tailing reds he's chasing and they will not let you get close to them like in other places. So let's get back to Steve, who lives in Cape Coral and fishing in the Pine Island (Florida) area and needs his new Helios 3D 6wt rod to feel good on those tailing reds in Pine Island sound, as well as some dock light snooklettes, some spotted sea trout action and sneaking up to those crab buoys for his favs, some tripletail (on the smaller size). Then for you and that situation, you will feel at one with the universe and think you are in fly casting heaven. So you trout guys can use that rod in the salt up close and person for those short shots with lines with actual line weights that match the rod with flie sizes and weights that match the line size. If you used a line that is more true to weight to that rod, then they would have to rely on other senses to feel the line loading or aerialize out more line to feel the thing loading, which makes it more of a distance flats rod or bonefish rod, in which it was really intending to be used for, instead of throwing short or used with heavy flies. ![]() So you end up taking an expensive rod and turing it into a more of an intermediate level rod, to get it to the action where they are comfortable feeling the rod loading and fishing. So what happens is some of the trout fisherman from up north will throw on a heavier line, like a Rio Redfish or a Wulff BTT (both heavy lines) or even overload it, to get it to a place where they can feel it loading, more like some of their more progressive parabolic action trout rods they are use to. It's not really designed to be throwing heavier fly lines. Click to expand.So here is the deal with that rod. ![]()
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