Hello everyone. I am interested in knowing more about shooting heads...... how to use them/rig them, advantages, disadvantages, casting with large flies and so on. As I have periodically read other posts from some of the members here, you folks are my best source to try to figure them out. I have not been really successful at casting large flies any decent distance ( especially against the wind ) and am curious if a shooting head arrangement would improve things. I currently fish both a 7wt Sage for LM + SM Bass and a 9wt Sage for Northern Pike, Musky + large Steelhead using an assortment of big flies from Sar-Mal-Macs, Clousers, deer hair critters and large attractor bucktail streamers. Nylon coated stranded wire leaders for the Pike and Musky waters have been in regular use and also create their own problems. I would appreciate any comments that might me unravel both my casting dilema and the mistery behind shooting heads.