Shooting Head

[sewinfly]

Possibly looking for a 9/10 wt shooting head/running line to go with a
Gem 14 ft rod.
Any ideas of a good set up and a reasonably priced.

sewinfly.....................

[tyneytone]

Oct 15, 2010 13:53:07 GMT sewinfly said:

Possibly looking for a 9/10 wt shooting head/running line to go with a
Gem 14 ft rod.
Any ideas of a good set up and a reasonably priced.

sewinfly.....................

I've got a Guideline DDC Connect 9/10 which was cut down to suit my Greys 8/9 rod.
It works superbly with the AWM 9/10 with about a foot outside the tip ring.Its not for sale like
As an alternative,you could try a Snowbee 1D,which work well with polyleaders so quite versatile and no need for an expensive running line.I've got the sink tip version and I'm using it more than the S/H these days
As a price comparison,the S/H set up(including Rio running line,which is great btw),was @80 quid.
The 1D can be had for aboot £45.Nice
Tone

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sewinfly

visit

www.scandinavianflylines.com/

I have the 10/11 set up and I think their products are a good price

tweedbunnet

[guidduglucy]

I Hear on the grapevine that Hardy are bring out a new shooting heid set up for next year, their last one was guid so I'm expecting this to be the dogs bollocks

[David1982]

the Afs will take a bit of beating.

[scanny]

Afs Floating / int tip, give it a try...then back to a full line forever more horrendous line the worst I have had the displeasure of using, even worse than the other "casts like a bag of spanners" afs, the old s3

[tyneytone]

Oct 16, 2010 18:15:21 GMT Mon The Flee said:

Oct 16, 2010 18:12:18 GMT guidduglucy said:

I Hear on the grapevine that Hardy are bring out a new shooting heid set up for next year, their last one was guid so I'm expecting this to be the dogs bollocks

didnt even know they had one out already

AFS all the way

Got a Hardy one mesel.supposed to be a 12wt,more like a 10.
Nee good with tips either.poo

[underghillie]

AFS for a floater and GuideLine for sinkers.

[salmonshrimp]

What shooting head for 16ft DTX

[scanny]

Guideline Int/S1 is superb, lovely to fish.

On the Dtx, a 10/11 afs or try find an uncut 11/12 Power Taper and trim to suit.

The loomis #11 head is 45.something grams and turns big, heavy or hairy things.

[underghillie]

Oct 16, 2010 20:36:02 GMT salmonshrimp said:

What shooting head for 16ft DTX

I would try and get the uncut Guidline Power tapers and leave them at 13.5 meters for a 16 footer.

If you can't get them,
Get a 15 footer and use the Rio AFS floater or GuideLine distance sinkers

[salmonshrimp]

Thanks for the advice folks I got a Guidline power taper 11/12 delivered today £29 + post PM if you want to know where :-)