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I fish the lee wolfe in a double taper on my 6-7 and the triangle taper on my 3-4.. I use a 9-10 ft leader in lakes and most of the time shot will take it down where it needs to go, but I do carry a scientific angler sink tip for certain big river steelhead situations.
For sinking line on my 7wt I use Teeny T-200. I've had it for a number of years and it still works fine. On the 5wt I use SA WI 6s uniform sink. Again this line has held up well also. When on the lakes if I want to go deep they are the lines I use and will add a weighted fly like a wooly bugger with a second fly behind like a green soft hackle. I use the SA on the 5wt the most from either the pontoon boat or the drift boat on the lakes. I'm not sold on any paticular brand but I do like the way that line heads for the bottom.
On the Spey Rod I use Airflow 540 grain Skagit shooting line and have a packet of Rio sinking tip that I switch out depending on the situation. There are lots of choice out there
If you switch your case of beer for a bottle of fine Jamesons Irish wiskey you would find a lot more room for gear!!!!!!!! :lol::lol::lol::lol:Thanks Brad, I'll consider that. Guess it wouldn't hurt me to pack another spool into my back pack. The only harm in that would be that I may have to sacrafice the room in the pack by taking one less beer
Nice fish story. Regarding the 'Steelhead Thread' that's a case in point about the effort it takes to catch fish like that. If that had been a squaw fish ODFW woulda givin you big bucks for it up on the Columbia and probably make them worry about a really bad infestation.
I was thinking since onthe fly does a lot of toon fishin, probably in lakes that he has an algae build up on the line, when the algae drys it starts to float... I would pull it off, spray it with castrol superclean and run it through the dishwasher.... It could survive as a back-up line.I have always used and like SA lines. I honestly have never heard of a sinking line starting to float, floating starting to sink yes. I just bought the Rio Versi-tip line for my steelhead rod and am looking forward to using that. Seems easier and cheaper to do then switching spools. I have a clear intermediate sinking line that I often use up at Trillium to get a little deeper. It is Scientific Angler. If you go to a good fly shop they will put the line on for you and usually redo your backing nice and tight as well.