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SWFF: Line types and weights (noob question)

  • 18-09-2012 09:16PM
    #1
    uvox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 975 ✭✭✭


    Getting going with some salt water fly fishing gear purchases. What line WEIGHT should I be going for to fish from south-east coast rock marks for pollock and bass (I am thinking 8)? is sinking, intermediate, or floating the preference?

    insights appreciated


Comments

  • #2
    jack01986
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 896 ✭✭✭jack01986


    Id say an 8 weight is a the best all rounder. I have a floater and a sinker, you deffo need the sinker to help get down if your fishing deeper water the floater is used for surface lures etc.


  • #3
    dvae
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭dvae


    i like to use a long leader with weighed flies on a floating line. i find i
    get a better hook up with a floating line. Ive lost a lot of fish using sinking
    lines, because of having to lift the line from underneath the water.


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