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MikeF · 03-21-2002, 07:59 AM

As was stated you do need a running line to use a shooting head. Or you can use a trick that Rich Murphy, flytier of Conomo Special fame, showed me. He uses the running line protion of his full line as running line. To do this he just strips off his intermediate line and winds it back on backwards (head portion first). He then attaches his shooting head and viola ready to cast.

I've used shooting heads for over 30 years and never had any problems with hinging. If you confine the amount of overhang (distance the head is out past the tiptop) to an amount you can manage you should never experience hinging.

03-21-2002, 07:59 AM	#4
MikeF Registered User Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Eastham Posts: 84	As was stated you do need a running line to use a shooting head. Or you can use a trick that Rich Murphy, flytier of Conomo Special fame, showed me. He uses the running line protion of his full line as running line. To do this he just strips off his intermediate line and winds it back on backwards (head portion first). He then attaches his shooting head and viola ready to cast. I've used shooting heads for over 30 years and never had any problems with hinging. If you confine the amount of overhang (distance the head is out past the tiptop) to an amount you can manage you should never experience hinging.