well, by the time im putting the S.A spool on Im probably about to try and fish a log jam or get dirty with some interesting run, and the S.A is cheap by comparison to a lot of lines, and it does its job. I buy a new one the last week of march every year. I only use the wolfe line becouse Im casting a sage sfl fiberglass rod, and the wolfe just fires off it like a rocket, I can't stand shooting lines, and double taper has a lot less drag and lands smoother and quieter. I think it kinda sucks that fly shops no longer have demo lines on hand like 15 yrs ago, now they just tell ya "oh that teeny line is the sh*t and your supposed to take their word for it. every rod cast every line different, so I would buy the exact same line if its still available. The fish in the picture is a dark fall native Naha steelhead I caught in april, wild how native fish "darken" so much after 4 months in the river. I hiked 4 miles through 3 feet of corn snow, did 2 portages and dropped a whole pack of marlboros in the river to catch that fish! but it was just me and my buddie.... and 7 miles of river. Heaven