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[Shawarma]

What's up all... I'm trying to wrap my head around sink tips and what I should be buying.

I've been putting split shots on my tippet to get the flies down into steelie zones but would a sink tip eliminate the need for split shots?

If so, fishing the credit and some ditches out east, what line weight (?) should I be using?

[FrequentFlyer]

for the east ditches, i just add a tiny splitshot 6" above my fly to get it down fast, sink tips are more for big water with deep runs and pools, and i think you'd need to change them out if you went from a deep section to a shallow section.  i've never used them, haven't had a need to use them

[Swing4Steel]

Sink tips are for swinging or lake fishing. If you are indi fishing use split shot

[Shawarma]

Thanks for the quick replies guys.

TC, what's indi fishing?

[Swing4Steel]

Indi-cator

[Shawarma]

Ah, got it! Thanks.

[Hucho Hucho]

For swinging on Credit use 10ft T7 or T6 sink tips if river is blown T10 sometimes T14 . So for normal water T7 will do. 10FT maximum but you can go shorter.

[Shmogley]

For swinging on Credit use 10ft T7 or T6 sink tips if river is blown T10 sometimes T14 . So for normal water T7 will do. 10FT maximum but you can go shorter.

^this

 

but only for swinging bud, otherwise use shots.

[Christopher K]

Something you all forgot to ask is what setup are you using. Between different spey lines and single hand lines there are tips that match and those that don't.

[Shawarma]

 

 

For swinging on Credit use 10ft T7 or T6 sink tips if river is blown T10 sometimes T14 . So for normal water T7 will do. 10FT maximum but you can go shorter.

 

 

^this

 

but only for swinging bud, otherwise use shots.

 

Thanks guys.  Time to look into these T rating. 

 

 

 

Something you all forgot to ask is what setup are you using. Between different spey lines and single hand lines there are tips that match and those that don't.

 

setup.. pretty darn basic. 7wt, 9' single handed rod.  No spey rod or anything spey really. 

 

After reading more about swinging, i suppose that's what i'm doing without realizing it with the streamers i'm tying. 

 

Can you put sink tip lines and expect good performance if it's a non spey setup?

[Swing4Steel]

Best is to try some "polyleader"s (airflo ) or versileaders (rio). They are a tapered, sinking leader, available in different sink rates and lengths. Add.a.few feet of tippet and.go

[Shawarma]

Thanks, TC. That seems to be the right direction!

[GuitarBuildingAngler]

As well, sink tips (in my opinion) are easily seen in any type of clear, slower water. It scares the fish and they move right out of the way. If you are not swinging, don't use them. 

[Christopher K]

TC got it, a poly or versi leader will suit you well for that set up, for the credit the heaviest 2 10 footers for high water or deep fast pools, mid range fits for a lot of the water there and usually I won't use the slow sinking ones.