Perfect for my "hybrid" rod
I use the #8 line on my Douglas LRS 10 foot 8 weight rod, which I call a "hybrid'' rod as it has interchangeable butts for single or two hand casting. I primarily use the rod as a switch rod for salmon and steel head and it has been fantastic. It launches various sink tips, with out with out weighted streamers, indicator rigs with heavy flies, and what ever else I've tried tossing with it. There's been a few sections of water I've fished where I can't get too far from shore with wading (as in less than 3 or 4 feet from the bank and the threes and brush are still really close behind me. With my 10 foot rod and this line, I'm able to get enough of a D loop to do a single spey, or snap T cast, but also not have to worry about any close brush behind me and it still loads the rod perfectly. I ended up getting a second 10 foot LRS rod in a 6 weight and got the #6 line for that rod as well. I've been very pleased with this fly line and when using it this past spring in new york for steelhead, a guide was so impressed with how well it loaded my rod, cast, and shot line that he had to know what the brand and model was.
