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Ben Dixon

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #175 on: 21/03/2013 at 15:15 »
It's Rob Marc.  He means the GT140  :z4
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cmac

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #176 on: 21/03/2013 at 20:15 »
Thanks everyone for the comprehensive responses.  In rough order of response:

Hamish, this SLX line really is getting such rave reviews I might be a real numpty to get anything else for the Harrison.  It's certainly a #4 SLX for the Redington.  I appreciate what your saying about using a #7, but I'm not sure that the combination of me and rod is best served by the larger weight based on honest reflection of my efforts last season with the #7 GT90.  Decisions, decisions  :z8

Cuileog, rather than completely hijack my first thread even further I pm'd you about the few places I've managed to fish in Clare last season.  Any recommendations gratefully received  :X2  (by the way, if anyone else is interested I can post, but it really doesn't compare to what's on your doorstep in Scotland).

Rob, great to here that you've found mike's lines to be a good fit for the Harrison rods.  I'll be using this rod almost exclusively on stillwaters so the recommendation for the GT125 over the SLX might be the way to go.  Interestingly it tallies with Mike's initial thoughts (currently amended to SLX).  As you say, a "slow" rod by modern standards but quite a bit faster than anything I used before the great sabbatical (a Warnants of Dublin early graphite with lines Fuji guides that really should have been on a float rod IMHO).

Ben & Mike, thanks for spending so much time on a single line query... very much appreciated.  Of course, in an ideal world I'd simply order a GT25 and an SLX for the Harrison, but unavoidable capital costs here on the farm have been pretty harsh this year so I think it's one line for the time being.  Quite a surreal experience to look at the cattle and mentally divide them into fishing tackle rather than steaks :X2

I can see this ending in a coin toss :z4

Thanks,
Ciaran
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Rob Brownfield

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #177 on: 22/03/2013 at 08:35 »
Quote from: Ben_D on 21/03/2013 at 15:15
It's Rob Marc.  He means the GT140  :z4

I do..sorry...Mike gave me the line to try out...
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cmac

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #178 on: 09/04/2013 at 23:34 »
Right!!! Sorry about the absence, but the cattle have made it through their annual testing and the necessary (and extremely urgent) fencing seems to to keeping man and beast at bay.  Just enough headspace to think about fishing again.

All set to place the order for the #4 SLX for the Redington, but which line for the Harrison?  If there are no major objections from the gallery I was thinking of the GT125 for no other reason than I imagine it will bear a comfortable resemblance to the DT#6's I cut my teeth on.
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Hamish Young

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #179 on: 10/04/2013 at 09:44 »
I'm guessing your coin toss
Quote from: cmac on 21/03/2013 at 20:15
I can see this ending in a coin toss :z4
still leaves you undecided on which line to chose Ciaran. It's a bugger when the coin ends up on an edge, sitting on the fence in a neutral undecided sort of way  :wink
If the 125 is what you fancy then you should buy that :z16 There you go, decision made  :z12

H :cool:
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Mike Barrio

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #180 on: 18/11/2013 at 12:32 »
Some very kind comments on Callum Conner's Phishfingerz blog: http://www.phishfingerz.com/barrio-slx-fly-line-review/

Thank you Callum :z16

Best wishes
Mike
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Mike Barrio

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #181 on: 22/02/2014 at 17:12 »
Zander on the Barrio SLX #8 fly line ..... looks like fun :z16

http://stickmanrods.com/index.php/en/blog/swimming-with-the-zander

Not what the line was designed to do, but it seems to be coping ..............
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Marc Fauvet

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #182 on: 22/02/2014 at 18:38 »
Quote from: Mike Barrio on 22/02/2014 at 17:12
Not what the line was designed to do, but it seems to be coping ..............
nope, but as Akos wrote, cutting back the tip +/- 60 cm makes it work really well. i did this on my 8wt and it's a peach with heavier/bigger flies.  :z16

best though is the 'falling in' part...   :z4 :z4 :z4
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Mike Barrio

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #183 on: 22/02/2014 at 18:43 »
Quote from: Marc Fauvet on 22/02/2014 at 18:38
best though is the 'falling in' part...   :z4 :z4 :z4

We've all been there Marc :z4
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Marc Fauvet

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #184 on: 22/02/2014 at 23:28 »
yeah, but we usually don't write about it...  :z4
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Rob Brownfield

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #185 on: 24/02/2014 at 08:04 »
Can we have a Zander on the box please Mike ;)

I hope to be fishing a certain lake in Surrey in the near future for Zander on the fly...maybe I need to rethink my gear.
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Campbell S

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #186 on: 12/07/2014 at 13:57 »
Fished the SLX 5 lastnight with streamers for the first time, wow that lines really gets them out there, very handy in the darkness. Once I got used to the lines taper it was bank shots all evening. Even managed a fish or two..



Nice work on the line chaps.

Campbell
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Mike Barrio

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #187 on: 14/07/2014 at 15:13 »
Great stuff, very pleased that you like your line :z16
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alex2

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #188 on: 17/08/2014 at 01:51 »
I bought a #8 SLX several years ago when I first started fly fishing and put it away and tried all the popular lines and became better at casting.
Yesterday I line up with the SLX and wow, what have I been missing.

I just wish the running line was a little longer as I tend to shoot backing out sometimes.
Q: how line is this line?

Again, an awesome line.
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Rob Brownfield

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #189 on: 18/08/2014 at 07:34 »
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Mike Barrio

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #190 on: 18/08/2014 at 09:24 »
Thanks for putting in the link Rob :z16

I'm really pleased that you like your line Alex :cool:

Best wishes
Mike
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alex2

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #191 on: 18/09/2014 at 09:44 »
Another one just purchased.
I use this for saltwater with the tip level trimmed.
This has to be the easiest line to cast full stop.
Love it to bits.
Backing slapping the fore grip every time  :z3
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Mike Barrio

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #192 on: 21/12/2015 at 15:03 »
For those that have been waiting ...... the orange headed Barrio SLX is back :z16


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Andy Wren

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #193 on: 15/03/2017 at 13:45 »
Just fired my new 5wt slx on a elderly orvis 10 footer for a #6 . just fab .easy casting speys nicely and seems to handle long Cove style buzzer leaders beautifully!
Thanks Mike !
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Mike Barrio

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #194 on: 15/03/2017 at 14:25 »
Excellent .... I'm really pleased that you like your line Andy  :z16

Best wishes
Mike
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Kev Graham

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #195 on: 06/06/2017 at 15:42 »
Hi Mike,

WF8F

Any idea when these may be back in stock, preferably of the Olive variety?

Regards

Kevin
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Kev Graham

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #196 on: 09/06/2017 at 07:43 »
Nothing?

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Mike Barrio

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #197 on: 09/06/2017 at 08:48 »
Sorry Kev, I missed your post :oops

The olive SLX lines are on the machines early next week, so all things going well ...... I should receive them the following week.

Best wishes
Mike
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Kev Graham

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #198 on: 09/06/2017 at 11:23 »
Hi Mike

That`s great, thanks for the update. I will hang off until then, i have heard very good reports on that line for single hand sea trout and salmon work. Take it at that line weight they will turn over a set of standard poly`s?

Will you update on this thread when they are available...? either way put one past for me please before they go like hot cakes....like your witch lines it seems :cool:

K Regards

Kev

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Mike Barrio

Re: Barrio SLX Fly Line
« Reply #199 on: 09/06/2017 at 11:31 »
Hi Kev

Yes, no problem with polyleaders. The next batch of Switch lines should hopefully be arriving soon too.

Best wishes
Mike
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