Which Switch Line

[Pierre Wentzel]

Good day to all,

Thank you for all the feedback and advice. i have decided on the lines necessary to compliment my rod changed from a conventional 5wt to a switch rod.
I will be using the rod for stillwater only.
Upon recommendation I have ordered a Scandi line and I am waiting in anticipation for it's arrival. I will use the Scandi line mostly for indicator nymphing and suspending nymphs below a dry.
The Scandi line does however not solve the problem when I need to fish deeper in the water column. I have also noticed that an intermediate line is available and this with a sink tip might solve the problem. Have anyone tried the intermediate Scandi lines yet?

I am also of the opinion that the Skagit lines may solve the problem seeing that different tips are available. My concern is that I have read that Skagit lines do not really float. Is this statement true or can I use a Skagit line for stillwater application with a sink tip and does the Skagit line will behave like a floater?

Kind regards
Pierre

[Paul Arden]

Hi Pierre,

has it arrived? No I haven't tried the Intermediate Scandi lines. Skagit lines are for people who can't cast.

Cheers, Paul

[stibra]

Hi,

If you want to cast bigger streamers and sink tips, buy 200 or 225 grain OPST Commando, and use Rio iMOW light T8 10' tip or Air-Flo T-7 10' tip. It casts so easy with fast #5 weight rod.

You can use OPST Commando also for touch and go casts in similar way like Scandi or Ambush TT Heads, but with 15' Air-flo Floating or Intermediate Polyleaders. It is not smooth like barstool Scandi Compact or Ambush, but it works ok.

[Lasse Karlsson]

Skagit lines are for people who can't cast.

Cheers, Paul

Lucky this is from last year, so when I say you're wrong, it won't count in this year's tally

Cheers
Lasse

[Paul Arden]

Ha ha Of course if you have a very specialist large heavy fly requirement, perhaps with a heavy sinking tip, then it makes sense.

[easterncaster]

Many believe that Skagit lines are easy to cast, and so I suppose in some ways they are correct. Ahh... but most don't cast Skagit all that well - they just hurl the head - no grace - all rip and slash. Skagit does cast clean, quiet and elegant when in practiced, skilled hands.

Some even dare to say the Skagit taper(ing) makes it too easy, that it doesn't teach good form, that it enables too much. To those asshats I say, "Then fine, stop casting your 'Spey' tapers and string up a DT".

ducking...

[Lasse Karlsson]

Ha ha Of course if you have a very specialist large heavy fly requirement, perhaps with a heavy sinking tip, then it makes sense.

I'd have thought you would have had a tiny bit more imagination
Did you ever get something going with Ed?

Cheers
Lasse

[Paul Arden]

Nope never got a reply on that email, maybe hit a spam filter. No worries, after this season here I don't think it will work anyway. Can't be precise enough with a shooting head. I do have a Snakehead line design in mind and I've had a chat to Bruce. Speed without accuracy doesn't catch Snakehead. There is another issue as well with the Short Head setup; one way of catching fish off babies at distance is to false cast when the babies surface in anticipation of the adult rising. The fly has to go on a dinner plate. I've experimented with a few different options but I keep coming back to a long belly taper. I just wish someone made tropical DT lines in HiDs

Cheers, Paul

[Lasse Karlsson]

Shooting for accuracy is hard, but can be learned, dinnerplate included

And just weld a few HiD shootingheads together, and Bob might be your uncle otherwise just get 100 feet of T7, tapers aren't all they are cranked up to be

Cheers
Lasse