winter steelhead sink tips.

[newsteelyman]

Just wondering what most of you use for sink-tips for the bulk of your winter steelheading. Do you use the factory made 15 footers or do you custom make tips in various lengths from t-8,t-11,t-14 etc. If so, what lengths do you use. Now I know the water depth and speed will affect which tips you use, but what do you carry with you. I have too many tips and I am trying to narrow down what I pack with me.
thanx for any info guys,
Brian.

[geoffvl]

Do you have a tip wallet? It nicely keeps them organized and doesn't take much bulk. I have t-8 in 15' and 5'. t-14 in 10'. And a clear slow sink tip in 15'. I think I need more tips though. The guy at reaction said he has 5',10' and 15' in each three types of lines.
http://flyfishing.avidangler.com/ima...flo/232004.jpg

[newsteelyman]

hey geoffvl, i actually have 4 wallets full of different tips, but i want to go back to the KISS system but cover all my bases, if this is possible. thanx for the info. I may try the 3 different sizes in 5' and 10' but I don't like casting 15' tips very much.
Brian

[Fish Finder]

Although I do swing a type 8 tip, I found most of my fishing last season was done with a 10 foot type 6 129 grain tip. It seemed we had a milder winter down here on the south coast.

Finder

[Rick Baerg]

Probably the nicest tips you can own are the Rio Tips. They are taperd so they are eaiser to cast and turn over as though there was no tip on the line. They come in various sink rates and grain weights. They are a little more money than making your own but it is money well spent!

[SalaR]

Yeah...Rio has put lots of work into the design of the Tip systems...a very safe bet...Air Flo also is a good bet. There are some very interesting developements with various density tips...impregnated with different sink rate polymers and heavy components...now if only the prices can stay down!!
C

[cascademarine]

i'll put my vote in for the rio tips. Rick set me up a few years ago and they were great then. I have since cut a few t14 and a type 9 that was given to my by a buddy on the bulkely that sinks like there is no water. i carry 5, 10 and 15 of the t14, 10 of that type 9, 10 of type 8 and 15 of the type 6. That goes along with a floating and a clear sink as well as a 15' type 5 (i think)

[dryflyguy]

I do all my winter steelhead fishing with 4 tips, which I've made myself. I mostly fish with a very old 10 foot chunk of high D line that sinks quite fast, and casts ok. I almost always start with that and then if I'm hanging up, I switch to a 7 foot section of the same stuff. If I need more weight, I switch to an 8 foot section of stuff that I think is equivalent to lead-core. And if I'm fishing in the gnarliest water, I put on a 12 foot section of that stuff. I have no idea what it is, because I found it hung up on a root on a river up north. But those 4 tips do everything I need for winter steelies.

dryflyguy