I tried one in 6wt on a 10' St croix Legend and it did the job well, considering the fact that the rod is more of a casting rod and thus not really suited to high line speed antics and shooting lots of line. But no better than a double taper, if you have to ask me. The head of the line is green with a fellow running line of fairly fine diameter that is supposed to aid in shooting line. The basic idea behind this colour transition is to indicate the max length of line you are supposed to false cast. False casting more than that will overload the rod quickly. Another thing, some of these new lines like the 40+ are made for the craze for stiff, fast-actioned rods with which you can supposedly cast well into the backing. This line will most probably overload a rod with a softer action quite quickly. Slow down your casting action by a fraction and you should be fine.
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