Spey custom sink tips
I have been cutting up and playing with different heavy sink tips for my spey rods for a while. I have used T-14 and LC-13 heads to get as deep as possible without making the casting impossible. LC-13 is popular when fly fishing deep water. LC-13 is dense, thin in diameter and fast sinking but it’s stiff and it kinks. I like T-14 for it's suppleness but the extra grain per foot requires a shorter length in order to maintain a reasonable grain weight. I use heavy heads with both these materials about 20’ long to get down deep. I have also purchased single handed 30’ type 6 shooting heads in large sizes like 11 & 12wt heads so that they weigh a reasonable grain weight once I cut the down to 20-24’. Airflo developed a 20’ high-density series of “custom cut to length” head for spey last year. Those new heads come in 200gr, 330gr and 400gr sizes. Those 20’ heads use a tungsten powder like the T-14 and have a crazy sink rate of 8 ips and faster. Airflo has now introduced a 28’ type 7 shooting head with a nice welded loop in the back. There are many different materials to build custom spey sink tips out there.
What type of custom heads do you use?
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