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
