The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

I forgot to mention in the Baum Lkae report that I used a Cortland Clear Camo intermediate line. I hadn't used any Cortland products an about 30 years. This line cast very well and had little memory. If you are looking for an intermediate line, especially for cold weather, I can recommend this line.

I have been using the clear camo for a couple years and it does work good...
I bought it in a 6wt and use it on both a 5wt and 7wt with equal performance,
great line for stripping streamers.
Mark

I have clear intermediate on my 5 weight and it has a bad memory problem, I have to stretch it every time and it is 4 or 5 years old, so I was particularly interested in your little memory comment on the Cortland.

I've had similar good results with both the Cortland Camo and the Rio Aqualux...The Rio seems to settle just under the surface chop while the Cortland sinks a little deeper but the difference is negligable.

Paul

Like NCL, I have to stretch out my Clear Camo line. Mine is about 4 or 5 years old, too, but it is still slick. I will probably retire it next spring.

AB

I also have a 5-6 year old clear camo....use it a lot. No problems with coiling or loss of slickness. I do take it off the reel during the off season (Dec-Mar) and store it in loose coils which might help. I also clean it thoroughly. I try not to stretch the line as I believe, from conversations with Cortland in the past, that such stretching just exacerbates coils because of the internal structure of the line being stretched out of shape while the outside retains it's original shape. Could be BS but regular cleaning with a soft damp cloth with mild dish soap and then a complete rinse has kept mine new looking and feeling. One warning...don't let your fly line get caught in someones outboard prop...that will do nasty things to it.

Especially your own outboard prop!

Then it could be a two for.