In sum, for top water fly fishing, choose a fly line that is easy for you to see in all lighting conditions. For sub-surface fishing, choose a darker color fly line (most sinking lines are dark in color, so you won't have many choices!).

For these reasons, having a good fly line, can literally make difference between a productive day on water and one of frustration.

Fly Lines, Leaders & Tippets Categories

Floating Fly Lines : Product listings of quality fly lines that float. Remember, floating fly lines often work well when sub-surface fly fishing too! Floating fly lines, as name suggest, float. In addition, by putting some light weights on leader, floating fly lines also work quite well for many sub-surface fishing. For this reason, floating fly lines are most popular fly line used by anglers.

Sinking Fly Lines : Sinking fly lines, as name suggest, sink. How sinking fly lines actually sink, though, changes from line to line. An sinking tip fly line only sinks at tip of line, while a full sinking fly line will sink along it's full length at a rate determined by it's sink rate (measured in inches per second, or ips)