Thread: Sinking fly line

Like Kevin said, you probably don't need a 9 foot leader for the sinking line but I would strongly suggest you use the fluorocarbon leader (actually for the tippet section) so the leader will sink. It takes longer for a standard monofiliment leader to sink than a fluorocarbon leader. As far as sink rates go, my "weighted flies" tend to drop at the same or greater sink rate of the sinking fly line regardless of leader length which is usually ideal for me. But my "unweighted flies" do not and the fly line sinks faster than the fly so maybe that is what Kevin is referring to. The slow constant sink rate of both fly and fly line is what I'm usually looking for because it gives fish (especially Specks) more time to take the fly on the drop. But water current can upset this so I go with weighted flies usually so the fly drops at the same or greater rate than the fly line. Many sight oriented fish like Specks I think tend to look and feed up rather than down. Best of luck.