Dear Rob, I use a RPL+ 7100 and a Teeny 300 and it is a heavy hitter.
I'm switching to a 250 this month. RPL+ is a fast rod and the 300 a mite
heavy-- I think. Chuck Breed

Rob Blomquist wrote:
> 
> I am mystified as to the correlation, or lack thereof, of the correlation
> between the grains of a sinking line and the sink type that is commonly
> listed.
> 
> For example, my heavy rod is a #7 with which I commonly fish a type 4 sinking
> tip line.  I have seen some lines on sale at Orvis which are 300 grain
> sinking lines.
> 
> I am wanting to buy some shooting heads for both salmon and steelhead
> fishing, and I am considering buying a teeny type 7 line for deep water
> fishing. How do these 300, 350 and so on lines compare to these lines? And I
> am concerned that a 300 grain line will overload my #7 rod severely.
> --
> Rob Blomquist
> Kirkland, WA

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