Sink Tip Lengths-Cortland Kit???
I recently bought a Cortland sink tip kit which contains 12' of sinking line and 4 loop to loop connectors. The instructions say that I should cut the line to the length I want and then put a connector on each end. Etc.
My question is, "What length(s) do I want?" Assume I will make 2 sink tips out of the material. I was thinking that a 5' length and a 7' length would give me three tip lengths-5', 7', and 12' (5+7). But a 4' and an 8' sounds like a possiblity also.
What does anyone else do?
Re: Sink Tip Lengths-Cortland Kit???
I've got that same Cortland Sink Tip kit and if I were to cast all 12' on my 5wt, it would probably snap in half. Keep in mind I'm talking about my trout and bluegill weight rods here, smallies or LMB rods certainly could handle some more. But 8feet was barely manageable and in retrospect, really wasn't manageable at all although I "got away with it". I think starting at 4' is very reasonable and will give you an oppurtunity to think about how 2x that weight will perform for you.
Re: Sink Tip Lengths-Cortland Kit???
To make life easier and get a little more depth out of a sinking tip without the extra weight get some braided mono and use that inbetween the flyline and your sinking tip. I learned this trick from an old timer and it seems to take some of the bear out of casting a heavier tip. Loop to loop everything up and changing everything is a breeze. The braided mono seems to be pretty good at dealing with energy transfer.
I usually use 2-3 feet of the braided mono as my butt leader anyway so I just loop the tip on and then loop my leader on to that tip. The sinking tip pulls the braid down with it so it is like adding 1-2 feet of extra depth with out the extra weight.