02-14-2014, 03:25 PM
To elaborate on this for those that may not know, ALL lines will hit the bottom, just at different speeds.
In the cooler periods like evening, mornings, Ice off, and late fall when fish are shallow (say 5' to 8'), an Intermediate is perfect because it sinks so slow. Your floating line will catch those rising, or sub surface, but the Intermediate gets those underneath and does it quick enough to float past those top water feeders. Same on the other lines.
A Type VII or the Depth Charge are very fast sinkers. Great for hotter days and deep fish (also great for Deep Nymphing) It will sink right past the middle and top fish to the bottom dwellers.
One last thing to remember or consider when buying the sinking line is you have two choices in most cases.
You have Density Compensated which means the line sinks uniformly. No belly in the line.
Then there is Wet Cell. It will form a belly where the middle of the line sinks faster. This is a great choice when fishing weedy waters. Very popular like Henry's.
And the other nice thing about sinking lines is you don't need to weight flies. Let the line put them in the zone. But, you can play with floating foam flies for cool effect. They will rise on the pause and then dive on the strip.
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In the cooler periods like evening, mornings, Ice off, and late fall when fish are shallow (say 5' to 8'), an Intermediate is perfect because it sinks so slow. Your floating line will catch those rising, or sub surface, but the Intermediate gets those underneath and does it quick enough to float past those top water feeders. Same on the other lines.
A Type VII or the Depth Charge are very fast sinkers. Great for hotter days and deep fish (also great for Deep Nymphing) It will sink right past the middle and top fish to the bottom dwellers.
One last thing to remember or consider when buying the sinking line is you have two choices in most cases.
You have Density Compensated which means the line sinks uniformly. No belly in the line.
Then there is Wet Cell. It will form a belly where the middle of the line sinks faster. This is a great choice when fishing weedy waters. Very popular like Henry's.
And the other nice thing about sinking lines is you don't need to weight flies. Let the line put them in the zone. But, you can play with floating foam flies for cool effect. They will rise on the pause and then dive on the strip.
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