I’ve a 5pc GP So far I’ve tried the following lines on it Barrio Mallard DT 5 which was nice for up to 40ft but felt a touch heavy for me beyond that. Barrio GT90 in both 4wt and 5wt. The rod loves both these lines the 4wt especially felt really nice for casting that bit further with smaller flies up to a size 12 and 17-20 ft leaders the 5 felt really nice at all distances with flies up to an 8. On a variety of leaders. I also tried a Barrio SLX in 4 and 5 wt on it as these are my main goto Nymphing lines, interestingly the 4wt was just OK and where I expected the 5wt to be a bit too much for it, the rod loved it. I tried everything from double nymph rigs with an indicator to single size 14 dries and it was great with all of them at all distances. Most likely this is the line I would go for unless I was fishing a spinner fall and then I’d probably opt for a 4wt GT90. I abuse my rods and expect them to do all sorts so I even tried a 5wt Airflo Gallop short head streamer line which has a very fast sinking tip with a 5” articulated weighted streamer and it dealt with that Much better than expected, certainly impressed me with being able to cover the river and still control the retrieve. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I’ll get to try some SA lines on it too, VPT, infinty and Anadro in 4’s and 5’s so I’ll will update then.
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