Second Line - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

tobias · 03-15-2002, 11:11 AM

I started flyfishing last year and used an Airflo intermediate line on a 9wt rod. I've been asking around to find out what type of line I should purchase next. I do almost all of my fishing in moving water and at times heavy current all from shore. People have suggested getting a sinking line of some sort. A shop suggested the Cortland QD but was wondering if anyone had other suggestions or comments.

Could I attach a shooting head to my intermediate line or do I need to buy a running line to attach the head to?

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

Tobias

Sammy · 03-15-2002, 06:45 PM

To answer your second question first you do need a running line to use a shooting head. Unless your casting is at a high intermidate or expert level I would stay away from the use of shooting heads all together. Even the best of them hinge at the connection to the running line.

As far as what type of line to go with next I would stick with what you've got just use weighted flies to get you deeper.

You say you fish waters with moving water most of the time so even a quick sink or depth charged line are rendered almost useless unless you cast up current giving the line time to sink properly.

saltydog · 03-16-2002, 10:25 AM

SAMMY if I were you I gi w/ a TEENY 250 or 350 for my next line. if your atill looking just e-mail an Ill set you up.

"good luck good fishin"

if your aroung stop buy the show on the 23-24th an we can TALK an maby throw a line or 2..

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.