Friends, I need some help to find something I need that is no longer made.
EDIT: Found some, thanks! But, you might want to watch the video at the end anyway. :-)
I am looking for an old fly line that had a braided or solid core, around which the flyline material was added.
Please refer to the picture below. I am looking for an old fly line that was manufactured like the two top orange pieces of line (in the center) that show the braided core sticking out on the left end. I use this for a strike indicator that does not float (since the surface velocity with a floating indicator will drag the submerged nymph).
Cortland made some skinny ones that have a clear plastic core (third orange line down in the center with a package shown on the left. These are narrower and harder to track as they sink.
On the right is a Rio product that is similar but they are made of foam and float...defeating my purpose of watching a strike indicator that is below the surface.
In earlier days, fly lines were made with the braided core like the two segments at the top center of my photo. If anybody has an old line like that, I'd like to buy it...I figure it would be a lifetime supply. Any line weight, any color will be fine for my purposes.
I learned this technique from Harry Murray's book and he does sell some today but charges a lot for it, and I want to have a fair amount stockpiled.
I am hoping that somebody has an old line of this construction who wouldn't mind parting with it. If that is you, please PM me.
At this link is a fishing video I made yesterday going after the same pod of trout I posted about earlier using this type of sinking strike indicator, and it's effectiveness is obvious. That rod is a graphite 4 pc, Maxcatch, 11 ft, 3 wt with a 4 wt Cortland Czech Nymphing line on an Orvis Access reel that I got from Robert some time back (thanks Robert).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAQ8WNBIlN8Thanks, Donny