SINK TIP LINE?

[666shaft]

I'm looking for a sink tip line for fishing the Towy and was wondering if anybody could recommend one please.
What speed of sinking tip should I be looking for? Lots of intermediate tips on the market but expect I should be looking for something with a faster rate of sink.
Any help greatly appreciated
Cheers
Paul

[Paul Dunstan]

Have a look at the Cortland Ghost Tip - the one with the clear, 15ft tip. It says on the box that it's an intermediate tip but I've always found it to be plenty fast enough.

[stumpyguy01]

Agree with you there MR DUNSTAN,nice line,but found i had to really stretch it a few times,then it seemed to cast ok(might have been my casting).use it all the time now,and then go onto a full sinker later on in the night and carry a floater for jambo etc.

stumpy...

[silverinvicta]

And then there's the Climax ghost tip, 9' clear Intermediate, rocket taper, 30yds ...again fairly fast, casts well and you can pick one up for around £25.00...

Si

[DAZ]

silverinvicta said:

And then there's the Climax ghost tip, 9' clear Intermediate, rocket taper, 30yds ...again fairly fast, casts well and you can pick one up for around £25.00...

Si

Made by "CORTLAND"....Basically,it's a "Cortland ghost tip" with a nine foot head.

DAZ.

P.S....Not the best casting line if your looking for big distance...It's a struggle to get a full line out with this one.

[buzzerman]

what about the new sewincaster floater with the 15 ft intermediete [clear ]tip superb to cast same price as the courtland ghost tip £45.00 dear but good 1.5 i.p.s. or the three sink tip 3,i.n.s.

[666shaft]

Many thanks for the advice, I'm going for the Sewin Caster line with the type 3 sinking tip.
Will post a report on it when I get it wet.
Cheers
Paul

[Teifi Terrorist]

Hi 666Shaft,

for a sink-tip that's faster than the intermediates on the market I think that your best option would be the type 3 sewincaster lines. Have had a chance to have a bit more of a play with it now and it does perform very well I must admit. Your other option would be the scientific anglers wet-tip.

If you opt for a sewincaster line then the 8 line matches the 8 rod no problems at all. However, if you go for the climax (a cortland, as Daz correctly identified) or for the cortland ghost-tip you may want to overload them by one.

I must admit that I do tend to fish the intermediate tip most of the time and adjust fly weight and casting angles rather than line weight. Seems to work ok for me anyway, but I tend to be a little lazy

TT.