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Premier Gold XP

Premier Gold XP

Regular price $99.99
Regular price Sale price $99.99

½ SIZE HEAVY / EXTRA POWER

Primary: Dry Dropper / Light Indicator
Secondary: Small Dry / Big Dry / Light Streamer

With a mid-length head and half-size heavy design, GOLD XP is the most versatile taper in the GOLD lineup. The added "extra power" relative to classic GOLD gives it the flexibility to cover the widest variety of techniques and casting distances, offering truly blended performance. Thanks to its medium-long rear taper and a balanced body for improved turnover of indicators and nymphs, GOLD XP is at home sending drys at distance, running heavier rigs though deeper pools and making quick shots from drift boats. GOLD XP is still perfectly capable of delivering precise presentations with delicacy, while its added weight makes the line fish and cast comfortably at shorter distances, typical of wading on smaller waters.

Choose Gold XP for Extra Power + Extra Versatility. 

  • Mid-length head and half-size heavy weight for carrying a long line comfortably, plus quickly loading rods at short distances
  • Medium-long rear taper for maintaining line control at distance, both in the air and on the water while mending
  • Balanced body blends upfront punch for turning over a range of rigs with enough rear power for short to mid-length shots
  • Mid-length front taper for turning over heavier rigs on shorter leaders powerfully or tiny drys on longer leaders with finesse
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Selected Model Details

  • Line Size:
    3wt
  • Density:
    Float
  • Line Color:
    Moss/Electric Green
  • Sink Rate:
    Float
  • 30FT Head Weight:
    110gr (7.1gm)
  • Total Head Weight:
    148gr (9.6gm)
  • Head Length:
    40ft (12.2m)
  • Total Length:
    80ft (24.4m)
  • SKU:
    6-19910
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Overview

RIO Gold fly lines first took flight in 2008 – brought to life on the unmerciful testing grounds of Idaho’s hard-earned Henry’s Fork River. Hundreds of thousands of casts across endless miles of water later, the Gold Standard of multipurpose fly lines transformed the game by giving anglers the ability to transcend boundaries.

The newly minted lines in RIO’s expanded Gold lineup run on a similar guiding principle: That the perfect multipurpose fly line empowers you to do more in the places you fish most. And because no region, water-type or fly box is the same, Gold Series now includes three distinct line classes – XP, MAX and Classic Gold each driven by intentional designs and thoughtful payload distributions that play to the go to applications that define your everyday experiences on the water.

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Overall rating: 4.8461537 / 5 from 13 reviews.

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Reviews

Good all around fly line

"Gentle enough tapper to cast drys but also strong enough to turn over streamers"

Daniel A. (5/5)

Streamer line.

"It’s fine, works like it should."

Richard B. (5/5)

Positive floater

"Excellent casting line."

Mark D. (5/5)

Beauty

"👍nice"

Terry T. (5/5)

Great

"Great"

Rod B. (5/5)

Very good fly line for

"Very good fly line for the Sage R8 10’ 7 wt"

Mike S. (5/5)

Perfect

"Perfect"

Owen N. (5/5)

The best

"Great all around fly line for guiding. A superior line like this helps the beginner and expert client cast in most conditions."

William S. (5/5)

Try something new

"Much needed line update. Better loops, match’s casting stroke . Rod performs better."

Joe P. (5/5)

Another interesting Rio Line

"Casts larger dry flies well in a breeze on my Dart 476. Makes it close to being a 5 weight Dart which would not be a bad idea. I’d get behind an 8’ 5 weight Dart configuration for sure."

William P. (5/5)

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