Fishing Full Sinking Fly Lines: find out just how effective these lines can be
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2020
- Full sinking fly lines can be incredibly effective fishing tools, but I find that not many people use them, mostly like because they're perceived to be too difficult. While the extraction is a bit more involved than for a floating line, they're still not hard to use when we cast and fish them properly, plus they'll get us fish that nobody with a floating line will ever reach.
Give a full sinking fly line a try. 
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Thank you for this video, very Informative. I'm new to fly fishing after years of pike lure fishing. I just purchased a sink 3 line today and was gonna use it for a guided trip in July, just as well I have an inter(40+) which I'm now gonna use...so you've saved me there 👍 However we have some deep lakes here in Ireland and I'll put it to use around September October time. Thanks again 🇮🇪👍🙏
Extremely helpful information! I'm about to go fish the Niagara River for several days and knew that I needed to gain some knowledge on sinking lines and how to fish them. You're video is rather enlightening. #FishItWell
Great video! I'm going to try out the sinking line. The physics of it makes perfect sense. Looking forward to trying this is in the Bahamas.
Excellent teaching video with lots of useful imformation!
Thank you very much for sharing your experiences,
it's the best "fly fishing encyclopedia" for a newbie in fly fishing like me. Here in Italy Is so rare find helpful and so well explained informations.
Merry Christmas to You and Your Family.
Sergio from Northwest of Italy
I would like to try fly fishing in Italy!
A lot of interesting information. Thank you.
Great video. Good info.
More great advice Peter.
Fishing streamers I usually add Xink to the line. Everyone has heard of Gink, it seems like hardly anyone I talk to knows of its cousin Xink. It will help that fly get down quick with the fly line.
Great information as always. How would you rate the depth of a sliding density sinking scandi head vs. using sinktips. Here in Denmark it is quite popular for spring fishing the deep streams using some sort of sinktip system with a short head like an airflo F.I.S.T. or Rio Skagit gamechanger F/I/S3 + 10' S6/7 polyleader. Rio Scandi short versileader systems are popular too with a S6/7 tip at the end. If I were to replace such a system with a scandi head (without any tips added) do you think a S1/S3 or S2/S4 would reach about the same depth as the described Skagit head setups?
The Skagit setups have a floater back end that ultimately limts the max depth then can reach. Full sink heads, like an S2/3, as deep as the current and circumstance will allow., so yes, an S2/3 has the capability to get deeper.
@@hooked4lifeca Thanks for your kind reply. I will try it out for sure.
Good advice - gives me something to think about.
Here in Norway for salmon fishing it's very common to find lines with multiple sink rates eg S1/3/5 or F/S1/S3. Have you any thought on these? The same with tips - 8 to 18ft with 1 or 2 sink rates (I have a 15ft S1/3 tip for example).
I used to be with Guideline back about ten years ago, so I'm very familiar with these styles of heads and I've fished quite a few of them. I caught a load of steelhead on the DDC Connect. They're great designs for rivers that have both depth and flow rate.
@@hooked4lifeca Thanks for the reply. Målselva definitely has flow!
still new, getting most it of now...i fish on my kayak in ocean bay mostly in the shallow end.... i fish mostly about 8 to 15 up to 20+ foot depending of tides.... what do you recommend i use ?
A level sinking line, minimum Type 6, with a well weighted clouser fly.
Hi Peter! Would you say that the Depthfinder 500gr fishes deeper than let's say a line with a sink 3 running line and a sink 7 head? (S3/S5/S7 SA titan taper 500gr to be exact.)
The application is to fish constant at 20-30ft depth in water with some current.
I'd say both would work at that depth, though I'd give the nod to the Depthfinder 500 as it has a 9.5 its rate for the full head.
@@hooked4lifeca would you recommend this line also for a bit longer casts, or is it better to look at something with a bit better taper for the application?
Both these lines have short, overweight heads which are quite good in that 70' - 80' range, but they tend to crash if pushed longer. They only way I've found to get some extra distance out of short, heavy heads, is to slip a lot of line into the backcast, turning it into a 40' - 50' backcast.
Awesome advice, I got a question because I may have did an oopsie but idk, maybe you can help, lol!
I have a SA sonar titan triple density line in a 3/5/7 in an 8wt, I am planning on using it in my couple hundred acre lakes on a boat, in water 10 feet and over for deep pike and bass, think this'll do alright?
That's an awful lot of sink rate for 10' of stillwater. To put it into perspective, I've dredged bottom in over 20' of Lake Erie when using an Airflo Streamer Max with a weighted fly. That line is a Type 6 tip with an intermediate belly and a floating running line. In 10' of water you'll really have to keep that 3/5/7 moving to avoid snagging up. Normally in 10' of stillwater, I'll use an intermediate. If you can return it, replace it with the 1/2/3. With lake fishing, in deep water we can always count down a slower sinking line, but in depths around 10' a very fast sinking line will have to be moving as soon as it hits the water. The key thing is, we get a better presentation when we're using the right sink rate for the depth.
@@hooked4lifeca indeed, thank you for the advice! I think I'll try to work with it, but I definitely know to get an intermediate next, thanks!
@@predatorking3131 One last thing to keep in mind - the farther we cast a full sinker, the deeper it will run, so we can keep a very fast sinking line running less deep, simply by keeping our casts at a shorter distance. When you get your intermediate line, see my video on fishing intermediate lines.
@@hooked4lifeca Thanks!! That will help a lot! And totally, love your videos on stuff, your explanations make it easy for my brain, been binging you for the past week or so.
HI, I have been admonished to use clear lines in the surf. The best that I can get with clear lines is 1ips, intermediate sinking. Do you have any suggestions for fishing deep in these situations???
I've used full sink Type 7 and Type 9 lines in the surf without issues. My best fish caught in the surf, came on full sinkers. The amount of suspended sand in the surf close to the shore, is going to reduce visibility for the fish. They're used to hunting in that sand and debris filled environment, so I doubt a thin black line will bother them very much. In flats fishing under clear, bright conditions, I'd be reluctant to use a full sinker, but in the surf it isn't a problem.
However, I do run my leaders as long as practical off of my full sinkers, in the 8' to 10' range. That gives me enough separation between fly and line to eliminate any worries of the full sinker spooking fish.
@@hooked4lifeca Thank you so much for your reply. I am soon to commit heresy and try a tungsten full sinking line in the surf (a T-11 Custom) instead of the "sacred" crystal clear intermediate.
Do you have any thoughts or references to tuning such a line? I dont want to shorten it too much.
@@edwardperez2008 Tuning should be limited to snipping the tip of the line to bring it to the correct overhead casting weight for the rod. match it to the weight of your intermediate. If it turns out a bit lighter, that won't hurt.
@@hooked4lifeca Thank you. I can cast fairly ok with less than optimal equipment. Thus, I can hang more than the average amount of line in the air. I was just wondering if there was another technique of "tuning" (other than just weighing the line) that would allow someone a little bit more skill to approach a "sweet spot"
How would these lines perform in 80 degree water. I want line for Florida but worry these lines aren't made for the temperature and will be hard to cast.
Always buy tropically rated lines for Florida. Airflo lists on their website which ones have the high temperature ratings.
Hey Peter how long leaderline do you put on full on full sinking line it's not 9 ft right
Anywhere from 5' to 15' depending on the fly and conditions. Generally I go with as long a leader as the line and the fly will tolerate.
@@hooked4lifeca ty your great