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Old 10-08-2010, 04:25 PM
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I have come across a couple of sinking lines that I had put in the loft.
The lables I put on them have disappeared so I have little idea of what exactly they are.
They both are WF in profile,and are likely to be around 6 or 7 weight.While they are sinkers I have no way of telling if they are fast, slow, inters or what.
Is there anyway I can determine what sink rate they are, with some degree of accuracy?
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I have the very same problem

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Theres a good chance they will be goosed if theyve been in your loft for any length of time Graham.Very warm in the summer and baltic in the winter are extreme conditions for good fly-line storage.
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Theres a good chance they will be goosed if theyve been in your loft for any length of time Graham.Very warm in the summer and baltic in the winter are extreme conditions for good fly-line storage.
You are probably right Jimmy.
Just me being a tight git
They were probably rubbish and that is why I put them in the loft in the first place
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As a general rule the slower the sinker the lighter the colour, inters being light green, blue or grey, faster sinkers and the fastest being almost black.
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