When are sink-tips used and why?
Would a polyleader do the same job?
Why not use a DI3?

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Supposedly to get the fly just under the surface , good in theory but in practice doesn't work that well. A polyleader will do the same thing but to be honest I've tried them all over the years and they are all a waste of money plus being horrible to cast. A sinking line is a different animal and sinks through it's entire length to get flies really deep,use in reservoirs etc,but again doesn't exactly enhance your casting. It really depends on what type of water you are fishing and how deep you think you need to fish.
Good luck & tight lines!

My understanding is that sink tips offer a combination of floating and sinking line features keeping your fly down were the fish are feeding yet allowing the line to be mended and picked up almost like a full floating line and would be useful on moving water or.... it could be just another gimmick

I don't use a sink tip - can't justify yet another spool and line. I figure that I get pretty much the same effect from a polyleader or just putting a heavy fly on the point.

The advantages, as i see it, are being able to fish the flies a bit deeper and very slowly, or alternatively, being able to fish the flies a bit faster in a dead calm without producing loads of line wake near them.

My casting isn't good enough to judge if the polyleader has any deleterious effect on it.

Polyleader on a floater is fine for occasional use.


Many of us use midge tips or short sinktips for nymph fishing with a booby on the point - holds the flies about 2/3 ft below surface and is very effective over the warmer months in my experience.

You can do something similar with a slow glass but not quite the same.

Charlie

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Take it you dont fish rivers for migratory species bill?
either that or you are at wind up!
regards
bert

There's a few things in here that I dont agree with.
Sinking lines cast really well.because of the weight in a thin line.
Hi Di sinking lines get your flies really deep quickly.from the bank.in a moving boat they might fish only a couple of feet under the suface in a big wind.
A slow sinking line does exactly what it says.''sinks slowly''
There are many types of sink tips 3'-5'-9'-12'-15'.slow sink-med sink-fast sink-Hi Di.They all have their uses and I use most of them.Some are reserved for river fishing for Salmon/Seatrout

Jim

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I would not be without my midge tip it's my go to line when fishing the washing line and straight line nymphs/buzzers.
If i had to choose one line to fish with untill i pop my clogs the midge would be it.

Cheers Craig

I have four different sink tip lines in #7 that get deployed on still and running water.

I have a sink tip (slow) in a #5 that I put to good use on a wild brownie loch.

Another use for a sink tip is in windy conditions, when the fish are just under the surface a normal dry line will spead up any flies through drag, the sink tip acts to slow this drag down on the floating section so flies able to fish that bit slower. Poly leaders can also help but I personally have never caught using them so got rid, now use sink tips or long leader with weighted flies.