On a recentsteelhead trip with an old friend who is now quite disabled due to spinal stenosis we went first class by using a guide with a drift boat.
As the day progressed we came to a series of deep pools with very fast water below a dam. To fish this stretch we used 7 or 8 #4 tin shot attached to the line fishing caddis nymphs and egg patterns with upstream casts with long drifts. Since lobbing this mass of metal was so disagreeable I asked the guide about fast sinking tip "Teeny type" lines. He replied with much conviction that these lines were not desirable as they frequently led to foul hooked fish. I replied that they had wide acceptance in the West and he did concede that they might have a place in swinging streamers downstream.
Since lobbing a line encrusted with tin is far from enjoyable I am wondering about the experience of others with sinking tip lines particularly with regards to snagging.