[Mike Barrio]

Hi folks

Fly lines currently under development for the 2013 season include light Spey lines for Switch rods, Spey lines for Salmon rods and a DH15 tournament head for casting competitions.

So I have lots of prototype toys to play with at the moment .... Great fun and all coming along nicely

[Sieger Devries]

Great Mike... 

[Mike Barrio]

Thanks Sieger

We are playing with new coatings and cores all the time, plus lots of other things ..... all great fun! We should have some really interesting toys for the new year

[Hamish Young]

Hmmmmm...... toys........ hmmmmmm 

H 

[Rob Brownfield]

Could you please look into a predator line please. The ones available just now are at least £50 and I can see a UK produced predator line doing well thanks to the huge increase in this form of fishing.

Just a thought....Something along the lines of an Outbound maybe (at £70 they are a high cost).

[Euan Innes]

Could you please look into a predator line please.

That would be a line that is invisible, targets prey, only fishes when it's hot and is one ugly motherf#@ker! 
So how do you cut these lines when they are on a long coil?
Wait for it.....







GET TO THE CHOPPA!
 

(Sorry, friday night and wine  )

 

[Sieger Devries]

Could you please look into a predator line please. The ones available just now are at least £50 and I can see a UK produced predator line doing well thanks to the huge increase in this form of fishing.

Just a thought....Something along the lines of an Outbound maybe (at £70 they are a high cost).

Me likes too..... 

[Mike Barrio]

Hi Rob / Sieger

I will play with some ideas for a predator type profile and see what I can come up with

[Rob Brownfield]

 

[Mike Barrio]

Having fun testing a prototype #7 light Spey line for Switch rods today

[Mike Barrio]

New addition to the range - Barrio SLX WF3F - this will be a great line on the river!

The olive headed version should be available on the website in a couple of day's time and the orange head version will follow over the next couple of weeks.

[flyfisher666]

What specs are you considering for the DH15 tournament head?
 Or put another way...Will it be for speycomps or overhead casting. Usually there is a weight regulation for OH and, for me atleast, a difference in taper.

//Joakim

[Mike Barrio]

Hi Joakim

The DH15 will be a Spey tournament head like the DH18 ... see http://www.flylineshop.com/barrio-competition-fly-lines.html

We may possibly look at an overhead casting design for competitions like the Sea Trout distance in the future. Would this be of interest?

[flyfisher666]

Yes! New lines are always interesting 
My ideas for a seatrout distance head would include a long fronttaper(6-7m) to a thin tip, a backtaper about 1.5-2m and a total length of about 17m

[Mike Barrio]

Yes! New lines are always interesting 
My ideas for a seatrout distance head would include a long fronttaper(6-7m) to a thin tip, a backtaper about 1.5-2m and a total length of about 17m

Interesting thoughts Joakim ... So the belly on your head would be about 8m? And this head would be for overhead casting.

Have you used something like this before? Why do you think this would be a good profile?