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[funpig]

Stone & Dragonspeed:

Stone is right about the AFTMA weight being the same for both the floating and sinking line for the first 30 feet of line.  But the distribution of the weight is more forward (closer to the end) in the sink tip and I would surmise that this makes it easier to cast the sink tip than the floater.  Just as a WF line is easier to cast than a DT line.

And another thing, a 5 wt line is ideally 140 grains but in reality it can be anywhere between 134 to 146 gr. and still be 5 wt.   I would guess that typically a floater might be in the lower end of the range and a sinker will be pushing the higher end.

[younggun]

i've got a fenwick 6wt, great all around rod, i've got trout, coho, jack springs, and the odd pink on it. Biggest fish on it was an 8lb jackspring, i was afraid the rod was gonna break! I think a six weight is an excellent bigginers rod!