Do I Need a Special Fly Line for Dry Flies or Streamers? A Beginner’s Guide
When you shop for a fly line, you’ll immediately see terms like Weight Forward, Double Taper, and Sinking Line. For beginners, these can feel confusing — especially when all you want to know is:
Do I need special lines for dry flies or streamers?
Short answer: No.
You can fish both with a single fly line, the workhorse of trout fly lines:
- A Weight Forward Floating Line
But to understand why, it helps to know what these line types mean.