New sinking line advice?

[BobG]

I need to put a line of my new 5wt. What are you guys throwing these days, brand/models? Full sinking, or just a sinking tip? Initailly I just be fishing cape ponds.

tia

[smcisaac]

I just bought a new 5 wt Sci Anglers Ultra 4 Wet Tip III on eBay for $25. There are some other Ultra 4 and Mastery closeouts over there at good prices, or a least there were a few days ago. Go to the "fly fishing" section of eBay and run a search on "WF5F/S". (Or "WF5S", if that's what you want, but I didn't search for those.)

I prefer sink-tips to full sinking lines because they're easier to cast again without first retrieving the whole thing. Also easier to water-haul or roll cast.

[salter]

Bob,
For stillwater fishing around the Cape I use 2 spools for sinking line. First is S/A type III uniform sink, the second spool has S/A type V (5) uniform sink.

If I had to choose one, I would say the type III is the most versitile.

Michael

[joebe]

Personally for me it depends if you are fishing from shore or some type of boat. I typically fish all the ponds in the Plymouth area, when I used to wade i preferred a sink tip because as you retrieve towards shore the floating line section will cause the fly to rise minimizing hanging up. Now I strictly fish out of a Pontoon boat and I use Uniform Sink Type 3 on my 6 weight. Run 3 feet of Flouro Tippet right off the line. Long cast let them sink and go slow. Typically size 8 wooly buggers, blacks, browns, olives.

[Jim Babbitt]

Orvis streamer stripper........great line! The last four feet sinks like a rock and its easy to cast with no hinging. Jim B.

[BobG]

I realize all these lines sink at different rate, from 1.5 to as much as 7 ips.
At what rate does hinging become an issue?

[joebe]

My experieince is that full sinking lines don't hinge, ony sink tips.

[salter]

Bob,

The uniform sink lines don't hinge at all at least the S/A, that all I have ever fished in the Cape ponds. Sink-tip lines can be very hingy, depending on the brand.

Michael

[rckcapefish]

ive been wondering the same thing i also need a sinking line for my 5wt rod and also do most of my fishing in the cape ponds what do you mean by hinging this might be a stupid question?

[BobG]

Hinging is something that is caused by attaching either a fast sinking shooting head to a floating line, or using a very fast sinking tip on the same. The heavy tip section turns over at a different rate as compared to the floating line, instead of the normal, smooth transition of a contiguous line. Almost as if it's on a hinge.

[teflon_jones]

I only use Scientific Anglers lines these days. Their lines cast like rockets and the sink rates are perfect for pond or lake fishing. Go with the Streamer Express for stillwater, or the Wet Tip Express for streams/rivers.