Full Sinking Line

...My thinking was I could avoid the annoying casting issues associated with a weighted nymph and 3 or 4 split shot by tying up some short (3 foot) leaders and fishing the full sinking line...

you didn't take into account the drag and inability to mend with a sink line

i would not nymph with a sink line ... it is better suited for streamers and swinging

ORIGINAL: thedrake

I agree. Without being able to mend, you won't get a good drift with nymphs.

You'll like the sinking line for swinging in the right conditions.

 
What do you know about flylines?

i can product test a 10 Int or sink...

i have a bunch of that roll on tug. putty...
if i uniformly apply about 30 containers over 90' feet of backing... i think i will have a pretty sweet rig
(this is my sink tip backing application that you all laughed at)

or i can just strip the plastic plastic off a 100' extension cord and start flailing

Thanks for the input guys. Now I need to be a new spool or another reel for the sinking line. Darn...

fancy reel...

did you attach the sink right to a 5wt line? or to running line?
what did you do for connections?

I bought a 300 grain full sinking line. One of the Orvis wonderline sinking models (This line, in 300 grains http://www.orvis.com/store/product.aspx?pf_id=94HA&dir_id=758&group_id=10657&cat_id=5402&subcat_id=6010). 30 foot shooting head with intermediate running line behind it. I clipped 12 feet off and made 2 sink tips from that, planning on using them on the light rods looped onto their prospective lines. I now have an 18 foot shooting head instead of 30. only connections are backing to spool and nail knot from backing to line. If its still a little too heavy I'll clip more off. If I took too much off I still have what I had clipped so it can be looped back on just in case.

edit: grammar.

I have a couple of other reels from Dutch as well, they have really smooth drag systems, and being designed by Ari T Hart, they're works of art. I have absolutely ZERO complaints about my other reels, and I recommend them heartily. The only downside, if you want to see it as a downside, is their weight. However, this isn't really a big drawback for a reel on a switch or spey rod. I have a Dutch 3 on a switch rod, and it balances it out nicely. I fish a Dutch 2 off a 9 foot 5 weight and it balances perfectly as well. I think the drag system on the regular dutch reels have a wider range than the LA's, that is, I can adjust it to be much heavier (not that I would ever need to). When I bought that LA they were on sale too, so it was good buy. Also, like my sign. says, its always good to support your local fly shop!

A Dutch 3LA is 10.3 oz. A 2LA is 7.9 oz.
A Regular Dutch 2 reel is 6.3 oz, a Dutch 3 is 8.4
Specs here: http://www.dutchreels.com/index1.php?en

A Dutch 3 will hold a Rio Windcutter 5/6 Spey and close to 300 yards of 20lb backing.
My Dutch 2 Large Arbor has the sinking line, 100 yards 30lb backing and 100 yards 20lb, (30lb loaded on at the fly shop, but I wanted to fill up the spool more so I added some at home, and I only had 20lb)
My Dutch 2 has a DT5 and a hundred yards of 20lb.