In case you ever wondered about fly line information

[MikeA]

I'm always playing around with different grain wts on my rods. I have used this many times but never posted it.


I don't find this real useful for picking a shooting head as I like to overline my rods for shooting heads. For example I throw a 250 or 350 on my 7wt. It has to be a fast rod like an XP or my Dan Craft FT to throw a 350 but it will do it nicely. I also use a Dan Craft 10wt FT for throwing 500 and 600 grain lines when I need to sink to 20' fast or troll in 15'.

 Letting some line feed out through your line hand on the back cast will help from shocking your rod or breaking it with these heavy lines. Also don’t aerialize a lot of line, and watch that back cast and wait for it to straighten out before you start the forward cast.. That's usually the biggest "tadaaa" moment for my clients when I tell them to do those things.

Fly Line #       Actual Weight in Grains (this is the first 30' of line only.)
1         60
2         80
3         100
4         120
5         140
6         160
7         185
8         210
9          240
10         280
11         330
12         380
13         420
14         455

Ever wondered what a Type 3 line is?  Well here ya go.
TYPE   CHARACTER   SINK RATE (inch/second)
1   slow (intermediate)   1 1/4 - 1 3/4 ips
2   fast   2 1/2 - 3 ips
3   extra fast   3 1/2 - 4 ips
4   super sinker   4 1/4 - 5 ips
5   super fast   5 1/4 - 6 ips
6   extra super sinker   6 1/4 - 7 ips


FLY LINE CODES
DT   Double Taper   ST   Shooting Taper
WF   Weight Forward   S   Sinking
F/S   Sinking Tip   L   Level
I   Intermediate      
 

[Steve H]

Excellent information. I have added that to my fly fishing file.

[dbradyh]

Extra line out on the back cast.... Nice tip! Thanks.

[Racer X]

That's usually the biggest "tadaaa" moment for my clients when I tell them to do those things.

You mean you've actually had clients that can cast?  What a treat that must have been. 

[MikeA]

Brady with a brand new slick line it can be a challange to grip it again after it starts sliding through your fingers.



Rusty teaching people to throw sinking lines is pretty rewarding. It’s like opening Pandora’s tackle box for them.

[jarrod white]

So are you saying that I can throw a 140 grain sink tip on y 5 wt?      Sweet   I know , there is one in every bunch.


                                                J (smart@#$)W

[Racer X]

Yeah, I found that I had less trouble teaching people how to throw sink-tips than floaters.  Loads the rod much easier.  I over line, too.  Less work.