FG:
Don't be afraid of casting a high line weight for sinking lines. In fact I spent last week casting a T-400 on a 7 weight for peacock bass.
John Wilson
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FG:
Don't be afraid of casting a high line weight for sinking lines. In fact I spent last week casting a T-400 on a 7 weight for peacock bass.
John Wilson
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Originally Posted by FlyFishAR
Thanks, Not afraid of it, just curious how you all felt about the , I guess physics, weighted line. I line the answer about say a Type II will be the same no matter what weight with maybe a slight difference.
The thing about the Bowling Ball and the marble is, they both hit at the same time.
We have two types of sinking fly lines available today.
The early lines and todays lowest cost lines have a differnet sink rate depending upon line size. A type IV in 6wt will sink slower than a type IV in 10wt.
The most expensive lines have a sink rate designed in ips (inches per second) and they are not perfect however, they are much closer i.e. a 6wt will sink very close to a 10wt in identical ips rating.
Overline vs. nominal line rod rating is again,,,,your personal casting style. The sinking lines are very small in diameter compared to the usual floating line and feel very differnt initially. If you use sinking lines a lot,,,the switch to floating line feels like a styrofoam ball to cast.
Regards,
FK
And your bowling ball is a WF10S/IV. Your marble is a WF4S/IV. The principles that gets them both to the ground at the same time are the same things that are built into our sinking lines, pretty much, to make type II lines sink at their rate and type IV lines sink at their rate for all weight sizes. Surface area/weight ratio give you the speed of decent. Type II 4wt line is thicker than type IV 4wt line. Type II 10wt line is far thicker than type II 4wt line.
Toss whatever weight line you preferr on your rod. Resistance to the wind and lifting line from the water to cast might make casting "feel" different with dense lines, but only a little. :wink:
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Originally Posted by FK
This is the Fly Goddess, I don't know what CHEAP is :wink:
FG:
If the marble and the bowling ball are made of the exact same stuff then they will hit at the same time. So did the feather and the wrench on the moon. ;)
The thing about "full" sink lines is that they are not the same density. A small line has a much higher percentage of core than a larger thicker line.
You are probably correct about the type II and III's. I don't think it would matter much if you were looking for the center of the water column anyway if one was an inch different.