6 weight floating “daily driver” lines - tuning a Scott Centric

[Bugmeister]

Seeking some input from folks who have experience using lots of different 6 weight floating general purpose lines, with bonus points if you have used them with a Scott Centric. What floating line do you like that is not in the “uplined” MPX/Rio Grand zone?

Context: seeking a new floating line for my 6wt Centric. My rough specs are a “goldilocks” daily line with a medium+ length head; not too far above the typical grain weight we would expect for a “typical” 6 weight line these days, but with a bit more ooomph than a technical WF.

I have been mostly using an old GPX line as my daily driver for the rod. I love the rod and it fishes fine with the GPX, but could see loving it even more mated with a sliiiightly different line. Since I need to pick up a new line soon anyway it felt like a good time to solicit feedback.

Wondering whether the SA Infinity Taper is a possible good option: how does it differ from the older GPX lines? Is the Rio Elite Gold, or some other line, something to consider? In the past 10 + years I have been almost exclusively using SA or Rio lines but am open to alternatives.

Thanks for your .02.

 

[Creatch’r]

SA amplitude smooth infinity taper.

I have both that and the MPX for my 905 centric and the infinity is my favorite casting fly line. I prefer the MPX for throwing bigger dry flies like chubbies or hoppers from the drift boat but the infinity is just a casting machine. Really really love that line.

 

[rattlesnake]

Don’t have a centric but will say I’ve found the infinity to fish really well a couple for my 6wts, highly recommend

 

[Creatch’r]

To answer your question about what makes the infinity different…. The longer rear taper that keeps it stable with more fly line outside the rod tip. Gold and MPX are a shorter more aggressive taper that are great for quick shots from a drift boat. The infinity still has guts, it’s not at all a finesse technical taper, more all around IMO and really shines with a little more line in the air. I really love casting it, super smooth, it mends and fishes great. I have several of those lines on different sticks.

The old GPX wasn’t much different then MPX, maybe a little less aggressive if memory serves me correct but I haven’t cast that line in over a decade.

 

[mcswny]

To answer your question about what makes the infinity different…. The longer rear taper that keeps it stable with more fly line outside the rod tip. Gold and MPX are a shorter more aggressive taper that are great for quick shots from a drift boat. The infinity still has guts, it’s not at all a finesse technical taper, more all around IMO and really shines with a little more line in the air. I really love casting it, super smooth, it mends and fishes great. I have several of those lines on different sticks.

The old GPX wasn’t much different then MPX, maybe a little less aggressive if memory serves me correct but I haven’t cast that line in over a decade.

This. I have the infinity on my 905 radian and it’s so much better than the gpx (I had that prior).

I have the MPX on my 906 Centric and it works for how I fish it (mostly smallish poppers for smallish bass and small weighted streamers if I’m too lazy to switch spools). If I was looking for a more universal do it all line I’d be getting the Infinity.

I’d imagine the true to weight SA Trout might struggle with the Centric but I’ve never tried

 

[up2nogood]

I fish the cheap 34.99 SA Mastery GPX from Sierra . I have for several years on three different 6 weight , as well as 5 weight rods , both medium fast , and fast rods . Sage , Winston , Echo . I throw small dries , as well large stone flies . IMO it lays those small dries out as well as you could ask, and handles the big bugs as well .

I’m done buying $80 plus fly lines . I’m either a great caster with any fly line , or I don’t know how to cast well enough to know the difference, either way I don’t care . Anyway that GPX works for me .

 

[mickey rat]

SA Infinity Smooth all day here. On Scott Centric 7, Radian 5, Wave 8 and Sector 6.

 

[O' Clarkii Stomias]

I throw, and really like the Mastery Distance on my Centric 5100.

 

[Bugmeister]

Thanks all for the feedback. I am going to (try to) ignore the price tag and get the SA infinity smooth. I have a gift card I rcvd from work as a work-anniversary gift that will cover it

 

[Creatch’r]

Thanks all for the feedback. I am going to (try to) ignore the price tag and get the SA infinity smooth. I have a gift card I rcvd from work as a work-anniversary gift that will cover it

Good call you’re gonna like the line.