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UK +44 131 560 6629

USA TOLL FREE 800-972-0408

  • Home
  • About
    • About Home
    • Why Alba Game Fishing
    • Team of fishing guides
    • Videos of Fishing Holidays throughout Scotland
    • What Fishing Tackle is best in Scotland
    • Partner with Alba in Scotland
      • Barrio Fly Lines
      • 4×4 Hire Scotland
      • Links
    • Fishing in Scotland – Blog
    • Alba Brochure – 2024 Fishing and Touring in Scotland
  • Fishing in Scotland
    • Packages Home
    • Salmon Fishing Scotland
    • Trout Fishing in Scotland
    • Pike Angling
    • Corporate Events
    • Sea Fishing Trips Scotland
    • Fishing Gift Vouchers
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    • Bespoke Luxury Vacations in Scotland
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    • Fishing Events in Scotland
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    • Corporate and Incentives – Trout fishing near Aberdeen
    • Learn to fly fish in Scotland
  • Bespoke Vacations
    • Mixed Fishing & Touring Vacation in Scotland
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Barrio Fly Lines

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Barrio Fly Lines – The Best in Scotland

Firstly Barrio Fly Lines are designed in Scotland by Mike Barrio and his team. These are some of the best fly lines available and highly respected by anglers in Scotland.

Barrio Lines offer a worthy alternative, to the fly lines made by big manufacturers. Mike Barrio and his team live and breathe the science behind, what makes a great fly line .

Overall, the selection of Barrio lines is comprehensive, with lines for all applications. I recently contacted Mike to ask what line he recommended for a bamboo rod. As a result, Mike pointed me to the GT90, and I can tell you they work superbly with my bamboo rods.

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Orvis Helios and Hydros reel. Barrio SLX Fly Lines

Furthermore, it’s worth noting that the Barrio range includes single hand and double hand lines. As well as trout and salmon lines, there are also predator fly lines for pike fishing. Alba Game Fishing carry a good stock of Barrio lines and you can enjoy trying them out on fishing days with us.

The range of lines cover dry fly, streamer fishing, distance casting, delicate presentation and spey casting.

If you are serious about fly casting, then you need to give these lines consideration. Most of the professional guides and serious casting gurus in these parts, use these lines, and for good reason.

The Barrio ISS spey line is one of our favourite salmon lines. It has an integrated head (no loop joints). The intermediate version is awesome. It has caught our guests more fish than any. This is a beautiful casting line, offering great presentation too. It has a slow sinking head, at a rate of 1.5 inches per second. This makes this an ideal choice in Autumn, when you need to get the fly down a wee bit deeper.

Barrio SLX – The Ultimate Fly Line?

The Barrio SLX, is a Spey weighted style of line. It has a rear weighted spey style head, that is good for Spey casts, but makes overhead casting a joy too. The head is marked by a change in colour, and this makes for repeatable, predictable casting, and great results.

We found the SLX to work best with tapered leaders. If you buy the heavier versions of these lines, they can throw poly leaders and heavier flies with ease. The SLX really is one of the most versatile lines out there. We use these lines on our Helios 3F 9ft 5 weight mid flex rods, and our range of Sage Fly Rods, they deliver effortless loop control and accurate presentation.

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Barrio lines are a game changer, even for delicate trout work

The SLX lines will appeal to advanced fly casters. They will be able to perform some amazing technical casts, such as snake rolls, snap-T, single and double spey casts. Distance casting is effortless too. We can cast the entire length of these lines with a 5 weight. These fly lines are not just for experts, they are also easily handled by beginners learning to fly fish.

You can trial an extensive range of these fly lines, when you spend a day fishing with us. In addition, should you want to try Barrio lines on bamboo rods, we carry plenty in stock.

Barrio fly lines and accessories, are not available in the shops. However you can buy them online here.

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