Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: 5wt sink tip on 6wt rod?

Bob – what 6wt are you going to line it up on?  Different action rods will behave differently with different line weights.

Most rods can handle a line under and over the actual weight printed on the rod.  An extremely fast 6wt would not cast a 5wt sinking tip all that well.  A slower 6wt graphite rod might handle it fine.  A 5/6wt glass rod would probably make you look like a superstar, and a bamboo rod… well let’s just say you’d be a heathen throwing a sinking tip on panda food.

R

From: Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com> on behalf of TurbineBlade <doublebclan@gmail.com>
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Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 12:59 PM
To: Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com>
Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: 5wt sink tip on 6wt rod?

If I recall, Carl tends to just use whatever lines came spooled on the random glass combos he gets off ebay, which occasionally includes sink tips of unknown weights).  A lot of people prefer sinking lines (or tips) slightly heavier than the stated rod weight, and others may not. 

5 and 6 are so close I doubt you'll notice any problems whatsoever, and it will save you some cash!

This year for shad I took a 250 grain sinking line with a 30' head, and cut off about 3' to make it more manageable for a fenwick ff706 (7-foot, 6-weight fiberglass rod).  The 250 gr was fine, but I like a tiny bit less on that rod.  Beth was using a fenwick ff80, which was (in this instance) a 8-foot, 7/8 weight rod paired with a 300 gr sinking line with about 4' of the head cut off.  It worked extremely well. 

This is mostly a lot of nonsense meant to inspire you to "try just about any darn thing" and it will probably work.  They are all just stupid, thoroughly pointless "fish poles" in the end  ;)

Gene

On Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 11:07:17 AM UTC-4, Bob Richey wrote:

Thanks guys, I'll give it a try.

On Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 9:11:29 AM UTC-4, Bob Richey wrote:

Hey all,
I gave my brother my 5wt rod, but I have a 5wt sink tip I normally use early in the season for smallies.  Do you think it would cast well on a 6wt? Normally I wouldn't underline, but I thought maybe a sink tip would be heavy enough to work. I know I could just try it out, but before I go to the trouble of putting it on a spool, I thought I'd see if it's even worth the effort.  Thanks.

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