Fly Fishing Skill Builder #9 | STILLWATER Fly Rods, Lines and Leaders 

Some of both, but usually 2-3 frames and lots of spools.

Mostly the same content. There is a little new stuff, but mostly it’s organized better and easier to search/target specific chapters compared to the original 3 videos.

You can use a poly leader, but I favor integrated lines, and then learning what each does. Casting is tougher with the added poly leaders since lines aren’t designed to be used with them.

Can do both. I like strip setting unless the take is on “the hang” at the very end of the retrieve.

My suggestion is go without loops.

The new Rio Stillwater lines are excellent. What lines are you looking for that you can’t find here? You might be surprised 😬😬

@@FlyFishFood As above, burned by Rio/Farbanks poor quality and terrible customer service enough times they’ll see no more of my $$, or my endorsement. WRT SA, the excellent Volantis integrated shooting taper, available in various sink rates, is only available in the UK/Euro market (if FFF can get it in NA pls correct me). Also as above, SA’s premium Sonar-3D taper is much better for casting & fishing, as is the benefit of the triple density, but the series is only offered down to 210 grains …. Marketed as a WF6S, but that’s an 8-weight by AFTMA stds … as you know, anyone serious about chasing rainbows in Stillwater wants sinking lines in the 5 & 6 weight range, perhaps overweighted up to a line weight. As such, 160 grain and 185 grain weight sinking lines are essential kit, unless you want no feeling. So, again, major gap from major player …

@@dsmith2601 hmmm. Weird that I feel fully equipped with the lines available here. To the point that all the guys fishing Grafham water in the UK wanted to know which Rio line I was fishing with. (I caught many) 😬😬

@@FlyFishFood I appreciate for some fisheries, midge tips and top-down presentations are excellent and have found I can get the same effect w/ floating lines and braided leader transitions … treated w/ otter butter, or not, to the extent necessary as I personally have come to prefer full-sunk level’ish lines to any form of sink tip for presenting any moving sunk flies (always exceptions, of course, like the very productive naked chironomid technique, one of my faves). True Hover, slow Intermediate, mod-Intermediate, fast-Intermediate and Type 3 are always on rod/reel combos on my punt, ready to go, along w/ at least 3 floating rods - couple w/ bobbers, one for naked lining or covering any hatches. Later in the season as fish move off the shoal I’ll switch out the Hover and an Int for Type 5 & 7. Curious if you have any experience/thoughts on AirFlo Sixth Sense products? I have a Sixth Sense Type 3 that I do not have much fishing time on but it seems similar to other sink lines, whereas the Airflo floaters and their tendency to retain some coil, is notably diff than SA & Rio, imho.

@@dsmith2601 I actually much prefer the scientific anglers and Rio lines over some of the airflo lines that I’ve tried lately. They seem sticky through the guides.