Fly Fishing

flyinredneck · Location: Scarborough, ME

Hey Guys,
I'm back looking for a bit of advise again. I bought a lamson konic fly reel at the end of last year and absolutely love it! I have a floating line on it, as I was a beginner the last two years. Now I'm thinking maybe I should buy another spool and try maybe a sinking or sink tip line. I love trout fishing in Maine, but I also do a lot of small mouth bass fishing in some of the great lakes around Maine. I have been kind of limited to topwater bass jigs and dry flies with the floating line and am thinking that I would really like to fish some more nymphs, for trout, and clousers and deaper streamer paterns for the bass as the day moves on. My problem is that I don't really know what I'm looking for in a sinking line. Do I want a full sink line, or do I maybe want a sink tip line for more versatility? Anyway, I thought I would ask here first because the advise is always awesome. So Thanks again, and I look forward to learning some more about sink vs. floating lines.

-Shane

Bjorn · Location: Sierra Foothills

There are a LOT of lines out there to choose from. Personally, if I were getting a second line for that rig and that kind of fishing I'd probably go with a clear intermediate sink line (sometimes called a sly line). I've used this line for fishing for smallies here in CA and have loved it. Sly Lines are really easy to cast. They are good options for fishing still water as they are less likely to spook the fish, but still allow you to get down a little bit. That's my $.02.
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stoneyfly · Location: Rocky Mountains

Agree with Bjorn. I prefer stillwater so I have Intermediate to Type VII.
Cortland Clear Camo also. All sinking line will hit the bottom, just some take longer than others.

I am also going to suggest a TYPE II or III "Wet Cell" which forms a belly. Great for weedy places. Allot of the sinking lines are Density Compensated which has no belly, so you have to look.