I am looking for a fly line to use with nymph fishing for trout in the mountains of Western North Carolina. I have used a GPX from Scientific Anglers in days past. I would like to explore one of the Teeny fly lines or the Rio Nymph line. I will be fishing with a five weight. I am very interested in the Teeny fly lines. I do not know which Teeny slow sinking line to use. Have any of you used one of these lines with nymphs in freshwater trout fishing streams. I would appreciate any thoughts and help with which one of the Teeny lines would be good for this setting. Or should I stay away from the Teeny lines and use the Rio nymph line?
why do you think you need a slow sinking line for fishing mountain streams???
I have not used the Teeny lines but I would go with the Rio Nymph, it floats well and has a built in indicator that seems to spook less trout than a normal fluffy indicator. If you do go for the Teeny, go for a floating line. It is very hard to fish a nymph dead drift with a sinking line.
All the best.
Mike
Thank you Mike. I never thought of having difficulty with a dead drift with a sinking line. I appreciate that knowledge very much. I will probably go with the Rio Nymph line because of that fact only. I have been using SA GPX for nymphs with a strike indicators for mountain streams with extra split shots, if needed. I tried to use the GPX with streamers, but I had to weigh the streamers heavily with split shot which limits the action of the streamer. Do you think the Rio Nymph line would work well with streamers in mountain streams as well, Mike?
Personally, I have always thought of Teeny lines as more of built for salwater and specializing in the salt. I would go for the Rio. I like scientific anglers even better than rio but you already have the SA line.
Hey WCU Boy, I would switch to a sinking or sink tip line for streamers, or you can use a floating line and poly leaders and simply change to a faster sinking poly leader to help get the streamer down. They work very well and only take a couple of minutes to change. I hope this helps.
All the best.
Mike.
I’ve got the Rio Nymph line on one of my reels. It’s good stuff. It floats high in the water and mends really well. I’ve got one of those short sink tips that’s looped at the end (I think orvis sells it) that works well for streamers.
Teeny sink tip lines are great when used for the right application. While I have nymphed with a sink tip and swung it at the end, I don’t believe it is nearly as effective as a long leader dead drift technique, especially for a beginner. When you can dead drift without an indicator and set the hook by feel, then try a sink tip.
I am a huge fan of the Royal Wulff Triangle Taper indicator line. It’s all i use and I have them in 5, 6, 7 and 8. I’m not on staff either. I paid full retail (it’s worth it to outfish your buddies!)
Jon
FlyandTie1: The original Teeny lines were developed for river and estuary fishing for steelhead and salmon as a simplified shooting head application. People them found them useful for saltwater applications. Today Teeny has a wide range of lines for all types of applications.
WCU Boy:
I have been using standard WF floating lines for most of my nymphing for trout. As other have suggested, given your original choices, I would select the nymph line as it will cover most situations. However in some situations I have found sinking lines to be a better tool. These have generally been deeper water situations where it was not practical to get the fly down with a floating line. So in in some situations I have found that a nymph fishing on a sinking line kept taught to detect the strike is the way to go. For these cases, I like a some type of a sink tip line with a floating running line that can be mended immediately after the cast to set up the drift I want. The Teeny T series (24ft sinking head) and Teeny Mini-Tip (5ft sink) tip have been my preferred lines.