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Post by farm fly on Oct 29, 2007 18:07:52 GMT -5
Im looking to buy a sinking tip for NY tribs, any suggestions on the best type for swinging would be appreciated.
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Post by K_Bruce aka Phisherman on Oct 30, 2007 18:54:08 GMT -5
All I know, and this has no professional answer, but they have sink rates and different lengths. I have found that the longer tips are a little harder to throw. Some guys love them. A friend of mine used to use one even when he was dead drifting, which I was told this would give you a poor drift. He seemed to hook more fish with a poor drift than I could get with a good drift. Pick one up, it might be $ well spent.
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Post by Nick Pionessa on Oct 30, 2007 21:55:28 GMT -5
it's pretty much impossible to pick one for everything. i think that's why the sinking poly leaders are so popular. you can have a few different sink rates and easily change leaders on stream. they will work well with any wf floater but you will need to have a loop on the end of the floater. for single hand rods 10' is as long as you want or 5' if you are fishing the smaller creeks. the most popular sink at about 5 inches per second.
for a true sink tip line something in a 7' tip with about the same sink rate would get you as close as could be with one line.
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Post by Chris C Crane on Oct 31, 2007 12:23:29 GMT -5
In the December 2007 issue of Fly Fisherman there is an article on calculating the amount of LC-13 or T-14 sink tip line required to deliver your fly to the preferred depth. In the "zone". Their formula is:
Sink tip length(feet) = (2) X water velocity (mph) X fly depth (feet)
Example- Lake Erie Trib - req'd fly depth 2 feet
(2) X (3mph) X (2 feet) = 12 feet of T-14 sink tip to present an unweighted fly at a two foot depth.
My challenge with this is that I have no idea how to calculate water velocity in mph. The author suggests a typical steelhead run ( fast paced walk) is approx 3mph. OK.?? The intent of the article is to avoid multiple changes of sink tips on the water wasting time fooling with gear instead of fishing...
Chris
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Post by WylieSchroederHaggerty on Oct 31, 2007 12:34:30 GMT -5
What are the advantages of sinking leaders over sinking heads? Or vice versa aside from cost is any one better then the others? Is taper a factor? I am looking to fish rivers like the Salmon River not necessarily tribs.
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