WF-F Sink tip lines

Has anyone tried Cabelas Prestige plus (WF-F/S) 10 ft. Sink Tip lines?
I plan to fish the Esopus this coming season and wondered, Is this type
of line a much greater advantage over split shot and indicator nymphing
with WF-F line and would any such advantage justify the cost of the new
line and perhaps an extra spool?


Regards.

Bob

wrote:
Has anyone tried Cabelas Prestige plus (WF-F/S) 10 ft. Sink Tip lines?
I plan to fish the Esopus this coming season and wondered, Is this type
of line a much greater advantage over split shot and indicator nymphing
with WF-F line and would any such advantage justify the cost of the new
line and perhaps an extra spool?

I'm afraid you're putting Wolfgang off his feed. Please stick to
off-topic subjects. :-)

Seriously, though, indicator nymphing is a totally different thing from
using a sink tip, at least the way I fish. You can't simply replace one
with the other, or say that one is better than the other. They are
completely distinct techniques, applicable to distinct situations.

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"rw" wrote in message
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wrote:
Has anyone tried Cabelas Prestige plus (WF-F/S) 10 ft. Sink Tip lines?
I plan to fish the Esopus this coming season and wondered, Is this type
of line a much greater advantage over split shot and indicator nymphing
with WF-F line and would any such advantage justify the cost of the new
line and perhaps an extra spool?

I'm afraid you're putting Wolfgang off his feed. Please stick to off-topic
subjects. :-)...

Wow, that was a close one! For a moment there it looked like a serious on
topic question might be allowed to escape for as long as a single response
without being diverted into an off topic vendetta. I'm sure that I speak
for EVERYBODY in ROFF.....and Bob in particular......for saving us from a
possibility too horrific to contemplate.

Wolfgang

I use sink tip lines a lot, but only when stripping streamers. I have tried
fishing nymphs with one, but can't remember any success. I suspect the
thickness of the line, mass of the sinking portion, and effect of underwater
currents makes it virtually impossible to detect a strike on a slack line.
Because of their mass, I should think it virtually impossible to maintain a
taut line when fishing most nymphs on adead drift. Now fished quartering
downstream you could maintain a taut line, but I'm not sure that you'd fool
many fish like that.

Jim Ray

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Has anyone tried Cabelas Prestige plus (WF-F/S) 10 ft. Sink Tip lines?
I plan to fish the Esopus this coming season and wondered, Is this type
of line a much greater advantage over split shot and indicator nymphing
with WF-F line and would any such advantage justify the cost of the new
line and perhaps an extra spool?


Regards.

Bob

Wolfgang wrote:

... I'm sure that I speak
for EVERYBODY in ROFF.....

I thought we'd put this canard to rest. You can speak for
Mu, George and sometimes Cyli.

--
Ken Fortenberry

wrote:
Has anyone tried Cabelas Prestige plus (WF-F/S) 10 ft. Sink Tip lines?
I plan to fish the Esopus this coming season and wondered, Is this type
of line a much greater advantage over split shot and indicator nymphing
with WF-F line and would any such advantage justify the cost of the new
line and perhaps an extra spool?


Using a sinktip line is not at all the same thing as indicator nymphing.
Indeed, with a sink tip, one is obliged to use "taut line" techniques, as
one can not otherwise detect takes. Indicator fishing is a "slack line"
technique, and usually a great deal more successful.

My own opinion is that sinktip lines are only useful for very specific
techniques on rivers. Far too limited to warrant carrying them, unless one
wishes to use just such a technique. Indeed, apart from swinging wets, in
somewhat deeper water, or maybe using streamers, I can´t think of any good
use for a sinktip on running water.

TL
MC