New Rio Switch lines are in stock @ Kiene's

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

To Switch or not to Switch? What a silly question. Switch rod mania has fully arrived. Despite the beauty found with the versatility of such tools, lies a state of confusion. Switch rods mean many things to many anglers; an indicator rod fishing beads on the Kenai in late August; skating a dry fly on the North Umpqua in the same time period; an Oregon Coastal rod in the dead of winter; a Great Lakes stick of choice; the bomber beach rod on Puget Sound transcending to an extreme distance rod on Eastern Washington lakes. Lots of fisheries, lots of methods, one tool. No one line will cover all these needs, however the new Rio Switch Line covers two of the most predominant uses: nymph/indicator fishing along with floating line swing fishing.

This brand new line features a 55’ head which answers the call for both nymph fishing, Spey casting and a little overhead when called upon. The 55’ foot length allows for short to mid range nymph fishing with plenty of body and back taper to spare for the tactical advantage of stack mending. The thick diameter tip turns over big flies and indicator rigs with ease, allowing the most ardent nymph enthusiast the ability to turnover all the “junk in the trunk”. As a spey line, you will find that this taper is very nice for a multitude of traditional and hybrid spey casts. Couple this with 6’ and 10’ Spey VersiLeaders as a VersiTip concept and you have got a real winner on your hands. Welded loops make this a very clean and efficient VersiSwitch system. The Switch answer has arrived!


Wt.- Length - Weight

4/5- 55’- 300 gr.

5/6- 55’- 350 gr.

6/7- 55’- 410 gr.

7/8- 55’- 460 gr.

8/9- 55’- 520 gr.

Price: $89.95

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[Specc]

Are these lines meant to replace the Salmon/Steelhead line most people are using when nymphing? How does the line handle streamers, comparable to the skagit short? Any input from guys that have been fishing this line would be great. It would be nice to carry only one line.....thanks

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

This is a very good question and I believe that there is no one line for a Switch rods.

If you are going to have a Switch rod for both indicator/single hand casting and casting two-hand/Spey style you probably still need two line setups.


For nymphing/single hand casting people are using a steelhead floater 2-3 sizes over their Switch rod size. Or a new Switch line.

For casting two-hand/Spey style with smaller flies and Poly/Versi leaders I would use a short Scandi line. Either the Beulah Elixir Switch or Airflo Scandi Compact.

For casting two-hand/Spey style with heavier sink-tips and bigger heavier flies I would use a new short Skagit line. Either the Airflo Skagit Switch head (ETA=1/1/2011) or a Rio Skagit Short head with the new shorter Rio MOW sinktips.