Hi all,
im looking for your comments and recommendation on sinking tip lines.
Im looking at a 7# and fish mostly smallwaters
Any advice on quality brand and advise for me on this matter would be great.
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In my opinion an intermediate is a better bet. Easier to cast & allows a much more flexible approach than a sink tip.

I agree with Steve C in respect of small stillwaters. There's very little you can't do on this sort of fishery with the combination of a floating line working different fly weights, and a slow glass or similar. In fact all but 2 of the fish I caught from small stillwaters in 2011 were on a floating line.

It would be worth looking at midge tip lines, and even the good old fashioned Bob Church-style home made sink tip shooting head, for fishing big reservoirs.

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JH based near Southampton

Is sinking tips something a flyfisherman has in his tackle bag, i know intermediate is a must have in your bag.
Sorry if this sounds like a dim question, i dont know many flyfisherman. So to me this is the best place for news and views.

Rio's midge tip is nice line and easy enough to cast as the clear tip is only 1mt long,only issue is the price

Neil

Are you talking about the detachable braided or poly leaders in various sinking rates, offered by Airflo and others ? Can't say I have much experience of these leaders, and nor do I see too many in use by other anglers, although they are regularly hyped in the angling press.

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I've only once used the airflo ( i think) 5#. Sinking tip , on a visit to new zealand. Not detachable.

JohnH they are refering to a floating line with Airflo Polytips of various sink rates. They don't cast great but they do get the fly down on slow retrieves.

When I used to fish stillwaters swinging a floating line with a polytip around using the wind was one of my top methods and something an Inter line won't do.

Pitsford pirate hard to beat and proper good service get in touch and he will give you all the advice you could need .

Pitsford Pirate 'Castaway' Fly Lines

Pete

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The Cortland 444SL Ghost-tip is an excellent sink tip line.They do two different versions of it,a five foot tip and a fifteen foot tip.I agree that intermediates are perhaps more versatile and better for searching the layers but sink tips are well worth having.They will impart more of a sink and draw action to the flies compared to the flatter track of the inters in some situations.