Snowbee XS Weight Forward Floating Fly Line
The XS Floating Fly Lines from Snowbee have long been a favourite among UK fly anglers. In fact, the XS Floating Fly Line has topped the UK charts and has been a best seller in recent years – proving that this classic fly line is still at the top of fly fishing technology. The line comes in two different colours – a bright Ivory and a Hi-Viz Orange – which ensure that you always have the ideal high-visibility line for your needs. There are many fly fishing scenarios when being able to clearly see your line on the water and both of these lines offer exception solutions for the modern fly angler. Although both lines are incredibly popular across the discipline, the Hi-Viz Orange line has proven particularly successful among anglers fishing with nymphs, as well as with fly anglers fishing from a boat and competition anglers.
Both variations of the Snowbee XS Floating Fly Line feature the unique coating for which the line is famous. This coating means that the line has unbelievably low rates of friction, so it performs like a dream off the reel. It can cast out with speed and accuracy, helping you to punch out your flies with precision – even over great distances. Its weight-forward balanced profile ensures that its ‘shootability’ is out of this world, too. This means that you can cast with accuracy in a whole range of scenarios, allowing you to cast on a sixpence to entice those game fish to take your fly.
Another of the exceptional features of the XS Line is its low memory. Incredibly memory resistant, you won’t find coils in this line as it leaves your reel. This low memory is thanks in part to the low stretch core that Snowbee employs across the XS range. The core not only ensures that the line doesn’t stretch more on one side than the other (causing the line to retain spool memory) but it also aids with your distance casting accuracy. Low stretch lines such as this are also ideal for precision hooksetting, too. This truly is a line that has the ability to enhance any fly angler’s arsenal and can make even the most tired of fly rods appear to perform like the best in the world. The XS is one of the best fly lines in the world today. The line is available in a number of AFTM ratings, so you can perfectly pair it with your fly fishing reel and rod to ensure that you’re getting the kind of performance that you demand.
Snowbee has been developing innovative tackle solutions for fly anglers since the company was founded almost 40 years ago. Although originally a Taiwanese company, Snowbee’s head development centre is based in Plymouth. This ensures that the tackle it produces is deigned with British anglers in mind and all the products which come out of the lab are tested and developed on British waters. The Plymouth base affords Snowbee ample fly fishing locations to choose from – including the Rivers Dart, Tam, and Plym. These rivers leave the development team at Snowbee spoilt for choice and they offer up a wide variety of fish to target – ensuring that the products are precision designed for the game fish available in the UK’s waters. Both the XS Floating Fly Lines were tested on these waters to ensure they perform to the incredibly high standards Snowbee sets itself.