It's been a while since this topic had much posting in it, but as I have been out pretty much solely with the ISS during the past season with a 9/10 on my Mackenzie DTX:Atlas 13'7" #9wt and a 10/11 on my MacKenzie 'original' DTX 15' I thought it might be useful to share some of my findings as an end of season review.
Incidentally these lines have also been tried on a wide range of rods including Gaelforce, Sharpes, B&W, Hardy, Shakespeare and CND - plus others I've probably forgotten
In the tougher wind conditions experienced in the early part of the season up here in Inverness-shire the ISS was a perfect choice, it inspires confidence in anyone who uses it and in all conditions "I really
can make that cast" and so on. I have experimented with 15' sinking polyleaders on both the 9/10 and 10/11 and whilst that's asking a bit of the 9/10 it coped very well. The 10/11
With impunity, it's as if they weren't there at all. Now this is interesting to me as although I use all sorts of polyleaders and 'T' tips I do like using longer polyleaders, I'd simply not tried them on the ISS before.
As a self confessed tackle tart I've got all sorts of Salmon lines, some really
really good and some harder to use but rewarding when you get it right. This season past I did more Salmon fishing than in
any season in the previous 5, with an armoury of gear to chose from it's a testament to how good this line really is that I pretty much only used the ISS (exceptions were when Euan borrowed it
) as my go to line.
Salmon fishing next year
You should buy one, I don't think you can afford to be without one
H
