Back in the 'dark ages' they would take a double taper line and cut it in half, using it as the shooting head tied onto an Amnesia line and they really cast great. Then the line companies caught on to what the fly casters wanted and they started producing some really good shooting head lines. My favorite is the Rio Outbound, great for casting longer distances when you don't have much of a backcast area. Stick with the modern day shooting head lines rather than going old school and cutting a line in half.

Larry ---sagefisher---