Airflo Bass Line???
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@ColinShots just picked this up@Billy has me all fired up with his latest Bassin' post so I started looking at dedicated floating Bass lines.
I saw this Airflo on Sierra's site for just shy of 50$ and am wondering if anyone is or has used it and what your opinion might be?
I'm watching this thread. Last week, I spooled up an old 8 wt. 40+ I had in a box and on a spool for bassin' and as I was fishing it, I encountered the section of running line where I apparently stepped on it (?) and stripped the coating and even had to do a quick emergency splice of the core. Forgot all about that. Otherwise I really like(d) that line. I had replaced it with a $40 9 weight SA Air Cel line which works fine, and I've been using that for a season or two, but who can ever be satisfied with something working just fine when there could be something that works great, right?
LOL... when I first read the label on the spool I thought the name of line was "SUPERIOR BASS", with a slight mis-print, and maybe that's why the lines were being cleared out at STP. Then I zoomed in and see that it's actually SUPER DRI.
I think Superior Bass would be a cool name for a line though...
I think Superior Bass would be a cool name for a line though...
I've only fished it one day, but so far no complaints.
Good enough for me! Ordered up. Guess I needed some retail therapy this morning.
I had the exact same experience.
Wait, you mean it didn't completely change your life and your bass fishing forevermore?
Yup it’s a good line.
I like the SA bass bug and SA titan long better but buddies swear by the Airflo and it’s damn close. So I’d think the slight difference/preference is just personal and would recommend that line
I like the SA bass bug and SA titan long better but buddies swear by the Airflo and it’s damn close. So I’d think the slight difference/preference is just personal and would recommend that line
Likely go with the rod weight.
What rod? I have some soft rods that I underline with modern lines.
What rod? I have some soft rods that I underline with modern lines.
Here's a discussion about it's weight: https://www.theflyfishingforum.com/forums/index.php?threads/airflo-superdri-bass-musky-line.936141/
Seems to be about a half-size heavy. I have the line matched to the rod weight (it is on an older 8wt though).
Seems to be about a half-size heavy. I have the line matched to the rod weight (it is on an older 8wt though).
I might pull my 896 RPL out of retirement or use a 796 Zenith.
Wayne Kohan
Life of the Party
I used my 8 wt line for the first time yesterday, on my newly built 8wt Northfork Composites Iconoglass rod. It was windy out and I fished with a foam popper and a non-weighted trailing fly. I found the line to be somewhat stiff, reminded my a lot of my Wulff Ambush line. I had to get some line out to really shoot it, it was hard to start the cast with little line out, seemed harder than a regular wt forward line. I like the color changes in the line. I was fishing out of my boat in the wind and so the line was wrapping around about everything that sticks out on my boat. I stepped on it multiple times as well. I'm still getting used to my new rod, I was casting a Rio Bass taper 7 wt on it before, this seems maybe a little bit better. At least I caught a bunch of fish. I'll give the line a big "meh" but for the price it works well.
Wayne Kohan
Life of the Party
Went out bassin' again yesterday evening. The line worked well, I like it, but you can't be lazy with it. It's kinda like using a heavy spey head with a mono running line, the head will fly out and dump in a pile and not lay out if you don't keep control of the running line. But I could throw it a mile, maybe a mile and a half....
Wayne Kohan
Life of the Party
So I tried a different line on my 8wt Iconoglass. I found a 7wt Royal Wulff Ambush fly line laying around and I used that last night. It made the rod much more enjoyable to cast. Anyone want an 8wt Superdri Bass line?
Do you feel like going one wt down for a glass rod works out for Ambush lines?
I realize that every glass rod is different. But I have a pile of Ambush lines around that could go on a few rods that I haven't taken bassin yet.
I happened to like my 8 wt. SuperDri bass line on my 8 wt. TFO Pro just fine for bass poppers. Maybe more than just fine. But I am really looking forward to trying it with either some Miyawaki poppers if I can find some coho near the surface, or with a long leader and a small weighted fly for estuary pinks, coming up soon.
Wayne Kohan
Life of the Party
I didn't try the 8 wt Ambush, I just happen to have a 7wt laying around spooled up on a Lamson Konic reel that I had put together for a 7wt switch rod I had built with the idea of nymphing for steel, which I really haven't done now for a few years. The Iconoglass felt lifeless and heavy in hand with the Airflo on it. I did an online search and found some people had tried the Ambush 8wt and liked it. I have the 4wt Ambush on a cheap trout spey that I built and that is what I have been using for bass. I'm not sure if the 8 wt Ambush would work better than the 7 wt, but I liked the action of the rod well enough with the 7 wt. I did not try throwing any deer hair poppers, I was using a foam popper last night and was throwing it far and easy. I will say that I have tried to use the trout spey to throw indicator rigs, and the Ambush line does not lay out well in cold water, it is a much better warm water line.
I read on one forum where a guy says he buys the 8'6" Iconoglass 8wt and removes 6 inches from the butt to make it an 8 ft rod. I find that thought intriguing.
