Looking for a good salt water fly line

[barryl]

I have a Redington ccps9084 with the black salt water handle and a 9/10 Redington CD reel ( bought larger reel for more capacity) From what I have read from Redington's site this is a fast action rod. I would like some input as to what line to put on it. I want this for red fish ,bone and snook. Should I overweight it, get one of the new 1/2 weight over lines or stay with a good 8wt. line? Going to Fla. in July on Indian river looking forward to some salt water action.

[rstaight]

Krebsie may the one to answer your question since he does a good bit more saltwater fishing then I do. But here's my opinion and you know what they say about opinions.

I'm not a fan of overweighting. Saltwater casts, at least for me are longer then the normal cast around here. When I'm fishing salt it's usually wading in the Gulf. I don't usually cast farther than 60-70 feet. I tend to stay away from longer cast since I'm usually out 5 or 6 hours at a time. The shoulder screams enough as it is.

The extra line you'll have out should more than load the rod. I've considered underweighting my moderate-fast rods when in saltwater. (I may play with this in the yard today)

[rstaight]

I just finished casting my 8wt with a 7wt line. The line was Mastery Bass line, but I didn't need to think about a double haul until I was stepping off 75 feet on the cast.

Just thought you may want to know. Something else to muddy up the water.

[barryl]

Let me get this right you under wt'ed ?

[rstaight]

Yes, I under wt'ed. The theory is this, with the longer cast you will have more line out. More line, more weight to load the rod. If you have a 7wt line, go ahead and lawn cast it on your 8wt. The feel is entirely upto you.