Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: tburns on September 10, 2015, 02:45:26 PM
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Hey All,
Does anyone have experience making their own sink tips? I'm thinking of trying to make a few up for my 13'3" 8wt two hander running a 550g Vision Ace Skagit. Manufacturer ships a 12.5ft t-14 head (175 grains). Currently i just have two sink tips, one 10' t-8 (80 grains) and one 10' t-14 (140 grains) I just read this article which was pretty informative and made me think the t-8 was light:
http://www.steelheadbum.com/store/pc/viewcontent.asp?idpage=103
This was their recommendation for a 7wt 13'3
Most used sink-tip:
12’ of Rio T-11 (132 grains) or Airflo CCT200 (120 grains)
Other sink-tips:
12’ of Rio #10 weight Type 3 (103 grains)
12’ of Rio #10 weight Type 6 (103 grains)
7’ of Rio T-14 with a 2 ½ (6/7/8) Rio Skagit Cheater (132 grains total)
Has anyone done this themselves? And if so, might you still have some extra materials lying around? ;)
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I myself prefer 12' tips with my 13'3" rod, any shorter and I tend to blow my anchor a lot especially fishing light tips or unweighted flies which do help in aiding your anchor to stick.
Approximate sink rates for Tungsten sink tips
T8 - 6.5 ips
T11 - 7.5 ips
T14 - 8.5 ips
T17 - 10 ips
T20 - drops like a marble LoL