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Just a reminder: Monic Fly Lines are available internationally! Here's a catch submitted by a Monic fisherman in Switzerland! Order your fly-fishing lines here and have them shipped GLOBALLY!    

A Monic Fly Lines fisherman by the name of Matthew Calderaro placed in the top 10 out of more than 200 teams at the Cheeky Schoolie Tournament in Cape Cod using the Impact Intermediate line, available here. Congrats, Matthew!

When vinyl (polyvinyl chloride or PVC) plastics were introduced they were hailed as the "super plastic." Strong, durable and weather-resistant, these plastics would last forever... and now we know that they do. Vinyl's production, use and disposal created more cancer-causing and toxic chemical than any other plastic on Earth. Once released into the environment, vinyl accumulates continuously.     European nations have recently joined together to ban vinyl from landfills, but with no easy way to recycle it, where does it all go? According to Dr. Joe Thornton, author of Pandor'a Poison from MIT press, "PVC is one of the most environmentally hazardous consumer materials ever produced... PVC is extremely difficult to recycle... and hazardous by-products are formed throughout the PVC...

"Bob, I want to thank you for being so involved with development of your Covert Clear fly lines. As you know our team has fished your lines exclusively for at least the last five years. Without a doubt the clear lines increase the number of bites  that we get tarpon fishing in clear water.  It allows me to throw a much shorter leader because the line is clear which allows getting the fly in to the right spot more consistently on windy days.  With schooling fish it's absolutely invaluable because so many eyes are there to see the colored line and spook.  Most of the time with the clear line I can throw the line over the entire school and...

Finding a universal Intermediate Clear fly line is a task taken by so many yet never realized or at least until recently, Having used Monic clear floating Fly Lines off the beaches of Vancouver Island chasing Pink, Coho and Chinook Salmon very successfully we were asked to try the new Clear Intermediate line for the same and WOW. Brilliantly clear and smooth, amazing strike detection and a real pleasure to fish. The durability of the coating is what sparked my attention first , with other coatings line treatment was a constant ritual 4 or 5 times a day. This new line seems to avoid the stickiness of Salt and Algae making casting much more efficient. Line tracking and sink is...