Winston BIIX, Rio Skagit Flight 375

Some practice casting with my R. L. Winston B2X 11´ 7wt switch rod, Rio Powercore .030" Shooting line, Rio Skagit Flight 375 grains and a 10-12´ grass leader.
I recomend 400 grains for fishing with this rod and not 375...

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Winston
• Rio
• skagit
• flight
• b2x
• biix
• switch
• flycasting

[liltanker32]

hey would you mind doing a close up video review of this rod. wear on the guides, reel setup and so on?

[60filt]

@liltanker32 I will see if i can find the time for it but at the moment I am quite busy. Leaving for three weeks of fishing in Slovenia in a couple of days.

[Intruder1728]

He y sweet casting. I was wondering if this rod and line setup can cast, say , 10 of t-8? with a 3 in fly or so?

[60filt]

@Intruder1728 Thanks...

I was fishing a similar setup(Rio Skagit short 425gr with a 10´ T-8 MOW tip and a 2.5" tubefly with conehead) last weekend and it worked quite nice, though not the same length on my cast as with a smaller fly.

[mjlearmouth]

Meaning I have tried it before (lawn casting) and found it difficult, but I see you strip in a lot of extra line (ie: more than when on the river) and then you can form a nice D loop and shoot the line out. I found it hard to form a D Loop on the lawn vs. getting it to stick on the water... now am I clear?

[60filt]

@mjlearmouth I always prefer to have a very small amount of shooting line outside the top guide, that way i will keep maximum control/contact over/to the shootinghead. Try tying a grass leader. Take a handfull of 10-12" monofilament pieces in 0.50-0.60mm(.020"-.023") diameter and tye them thogether with uniknots, the final leader should be around 10´-15´.

The knots on the leader will make it easier to make it "stick" to the grass.

[Intruder1728]

Alright. Thanks. im looking into to building this rod for erie steelhead.

[60filt]

@mjlearmouth ????

[mjlearmouth]

I guess the key to lawn casting a spey line is to bring in a lot of line. Good to know.