Any yarn that’s Antron. Light weight, no water absorption. 99% of the time I’m fishing unweighted flies on a tapered nylon line on short fast drifts with maybe a couple little manipulations, weight on the line is my enemy. Tippet is 2’ of 2X Seaguar Grand Max and then 3’ of 5X (or smaller) Grand Max FX.
I put a figure 8 knot in the line at 12” intervals above the tippet ring to keep them from moving too much. They will still move a bit during a serious fight, but this limits it. Tied on with a simple overhand knot but wrapping the line twice.
Colors to suit your eye for the backgrounds where you fish. I fish around a lot of granite rocks and foaming white water, light colors like white and yellow don’t help me at all.
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Do you fish weighted nymphs with a tippet ring and knots above the Antron yarn markers? Do you have to cut the markers off and tie on new markers if you want to change depth beyond 12"?
Troutbitten does an interesting take with the backer barrel:
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Thanks Brian. And welcome!
I have a couple level lines that I cannot see well based on the color (light yellow). These markers will help. I will try experimenting.
I sense some miscommunication on my part here. The Antron markers are up in the air towards my tippet ring on my main line, solely to make that line more visible to my eye.
For where, and more importantly how, I like to fish I never use weighted nymphs so the markers never get moved. I’m always fishing my unweighted fly pretty close to the surface and on pretty short drifts. I count “ichi ni san” (one two three in English) and pick it up. Occasionally one will get pulled by water pressure in a fight a little, but I just slide it back down.
I hope this makes it more clear.
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Hey Brian, welcome! I like the Backing Barrel idea. I’m going to have to try it. I just glanced at the article but just had the thought is it difficult to take it off when you don’t want it or would you just keep it attached in the level line. I suppose if you put it on the tippet end it would be easier to remove.
I really like the Backing Barrel article! I only have a spool of white with tiny green stripes. If I wanted the contrasting colors of yellow, orange and white I’d have to buy them or strip the line off two reels to recover some.
I keep wondering why not keep them on the main (clear or) colored fluorocarbon T-line all the time?
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