Shooting head arrangement

[say]

Can anyone recommend a shooting head set-up (i.e. rod and line). Most of my fishing will be on the River Don and Dee.

[petersc]

Don't know your rivers but I have a fair bit of experience with Guideline products so if you could give me some idea of your fishing situation . . . . typical fishing distances, depths, fly sizes, size of fish, etc.

Peter

[say]

petersc,

The beats of the rivers I fish are around 30 - 80 yards wide, ranging from 6ft - 15 feet deep.

The main reason for the shooting head set-up is that I've tried using conventional spey lines and they are a nightmare when stripping the collie dog / sunray shadow. I thought maybe the shooting head arrangement may help chuck out a collie dog etc.

say

[salar76]

say said:

petersc,

The beats of the rivers I fish are around 30 - 80 yards wide, ranging from 6ft - 15 feet deep.

The main reason for the shooting head set-up is that I've tried using conventional spey lines and they are a nightmare when stripping the collie dog / sunray shadow. I thought maybe the shooting head arrangement may help chuck out a collie dog etc.

say

it certainly does help! they may not be pretty, but they are very versatile indeed

[petersc]

say said:

petersc,

The beats of the rivers I fish are around 30 - 80 yards wide, ranging from 6ft - 15 feet deep.

The main reason for the shooting head set-up is that I've tried using conventional spey lines and they are a nightmare when stripping the collie dog / sunray shadow. I thought maybe the shooting head arrangement may help chuck out a collie dog etc.

say

The heads are very compact and heavy, so they can power very large flies quite easily. My 12' 6" Guideline 9/10 LeCie has no trouble pushing a large fly over 35 yards. While a 15 footer would seem the logical choice, don't overlook the shorter shooting head rods as they can cast almost as far while being a lot easier on the bod. The full sinking heads can get down very deep so you would have no problems reaching 15' down.

If you're buying a Guideline rod and PT heads, get the matching rating on heads if you're cutting the heads in the 38' to 40' range but go one over the rod rating if the heads are to be cut in the 34' range. I use 34' - 10/11 wt. heads on my 9/10 as I'm sometimes fishing with limited backcast room.

If you're not doing a lot of very cold weather fishing, I'd recommend the Guideline 50 lb. mono running line. Their new LRL Ridge running line is also excellent, based on Airflo's ridge lines. I have both and I'm quite happy with them. Make large "tactical" loops at the business end so the coiled heads can be slipped through for easy changing on the water. Get a large shooting head wallet to hold the heads while out on the water.

Peter

[say]

thanks guys,

Need to do some searching in the 'january sales'

say

[greenbanks]

say said:

thanks guys,

Need to do some searching in the 'january sales'

say

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