Congratulations to our good friend Bruce Chard – his Grand Slam fly line by Scientific Anglers just won the Best in Show award at IFTD in the saltwater line category!
We love Bruce’s line at Andros South because it loads fast rods quickly, has an aggressive taper to turn over big flies, and shoots like crazy. There’s a whole ton of information about the Grand Slam line design on Bruce’s web site right here. You can pick one up from him directly at the bottom of this page, or online here
Nice work, Bruce! We’re not surprised but we’re really happy for you nonetheless.
P.S. If the name Bruce Chard sounds familiar, it might be because he teaches our bonefishing schools at Andros South.
I like the Grand Slam and Rio short tapered bonefish line for boat
fishing. You can get on a fish very fast and both will shoot a lot of line.
I find a problem using either while wading. The taper is short,so you can not carry a lot of line in the air,once the taper is out the rod tip you
have to shoot the running line. Water tension will hold the running line
so if the line is dragging in the water, it will not shoot a long distance.
A std bonefish taper is close to 50ft. That will let you carry more in the air,and have to shoot less. It will also be more accurate. A stripping basket would solve the problem . I take at least two rods fishing so one
is for the boat and the other for wading.
I agree completely with the comment above. I bought a Grand Slam line for a recent bonefish trip and used it for the first time while wading in fairly shallow water. The first two bonefish I cast to were spooked and the leader did not turn over smoothly on the 30 ft or so casts. I switched to a standard bonefish line and had much better success. The Grand Slam line shoots like crazy with the proper amount of line in the air, but how often do you need to cast 60+ ft while bonefishing?