Picking The Right Sink Tip Fly Line? 

Clear and consise another excellent video Rhys I'm learning so much from you I can't thank you enough ,four fish in for casts last week using your tips and advice excellent 😀

Great video again mate. I love my Rio midge tip and wouldn’t change it.

I consider myself a fairly experienced angler but these videos are really helping further my knowledge on fly fishing, keep up the great stuff

Top video yet again, many thanks.

I have the Airflo Superflo 6ft slow tip. It's a really superb line and I've already caught a good few fish on it this season already. Its now my favourite line for nymphs and buzzers, when the trout are in the top 3 to 4 ft of water. Superb lines

Great info!

Thank you Rhys, just what I needed. I’m ashamed to say that although I’ve been fly fishing for 26 years I’ve never used a sink tip! Will be investing in one shortly. I really like airflo lines but the that more subtle coloured one (FNF) does look appealing.

Loved the video mate. I laughed when you said : At your fishery if your fishing around fish that have been fished on quite a bit. Keep up the good work rhys

Learning a great deal from all your videos. In your opinion what would you say is best to use. The 6ft slow tip or the 12ft slow tip. A heard people say the 6ft tip still hinges. And the 12ft doesn't so therefore it's better option.

Rhys great video with plenty of tips, i am new to fly fishing so could you please advise me of the best way to connect my tippet to my FNF line as not to sure pal. All the best and tight lines Peter.

Great vid.

The sink tip line is probably the most useful line for just sub surface presentation. Especially if there is any more than a hefty ripple. Even in a moderate chop the sink tip stabilises the leader. I the same way that a drouge helps a drifting boat. If using a floating line with just a slightly heavy point fly in any sort of wave. The turbulence near the surface could result in the point and rest of the flies on that leader being either caught up in the surface or too deep. In either case the flies will not look right to the fish also you cannot properly control or repeat the required depth of presentation. If using cormorant types. As well as the standard ones the colour selection I also use olive light/dark/golden. In green water ie summer algae bloom orange works. Claret or bibio types late in the season.

Thanks rhys I was waiting on this video, how ever what's the difference between midge tip v intermediate, keep them coming

Hi hi Rhys which Rio midge tip is best for small to average stillwater hover or intermediate am not sure myself loving ur videos just getting back into fly fishing again having kids slows the fishing right down I’m from Northern Ireland so not many big stillwaters

When ye say Jeremy loves the 12ft slow tip. What conditions are the best for the 12ft slow ti. A have the Airflo superflo 12ft slow tip.

This is a great channel

Dunno whether i am missing out Rhys, but I rarely bother with sink tips. I will adjust leader length and fly weight typically myself....I also sometimes use sinking braided leaders...

Hi Rhys, Another great video mate!! Thanks! Could you please recommend some streamer fly lines for river and lake? Best regards

Today I have learned something, again ;-)

Hi Rhys can I firstly thank you for creating your channel! I love watching all of your videos as they are very informative, well made and helpful. All of the tips you give are great to watch, and then implicate on my next fishing trips here up in Northwest England. I am especially interested in your winter fishing method videos at the minute, given the time of year it is. My fishing buddy and I have had some tough trips out to fisheries where we have struggled to catch on occasion so we are trying to improve our arsenal. So my question is.... Do you have any experience in parabolic fly lines, fished them yourself, and, or see a need for them to cover a given situation of fish sitting in a certain water column? Any input would be welcome 👍 Many thanks and keep those videos coming. Tight lines. Alan

Hi Rhys , I recently found your channel and it has been so much help , I regularly fish at garnfrydd aswel and was wondering if you have used fly clips for attaching and changing flies ? I suffer with sight loss and am looking for ways to make life easier while fishing . Many thanks Craig

I use a 15ft sinking tip line

Good day to you Rhys. I'm new to still water fishing and I'm interested in the "washing line" technique. Can you tell me if you taper the leaders? I do this on river fishing, but haven't seen anyone mention it for still water fishing. Great videos and I will be be working my way through them.

Hiya Rhys My name is Ian and I fish up in Scotland,I just wanted to ask you and your subscribers if they had ever heard of fly dipping to make the fly more attractive to trout.I hope this is rubbish but wanted a second option ...I subscribe to your channel and watch the videos all the time keep up the great work IAN..

Hi, could you please recommend a great starter reel and rod for someone just starting out fly fishing? I am wanting to fish rivers and shallow water for brownies!

Hi Rhys loving the vids and learning alot. I'm purley a day ticket fisher fishing the North Wales and some of the Midlands reservoirs mainly from the banks. I prefer to travel light and don't have the budget for 3 or more sink tip lines. If you had to choose one line from the Airflo Super flo sink tip range which would you go for ?

Thanks for this video, very interesting. However I still do get confused over using a floater vs a sink tip. If for example you were fishing 3 buzzers on a 15ft leader on a floater, letting the point fly drag the others down - would your point fly be eventually at 12ft? The floater is going to pull down slightly surely? If you fish the same leader on a 3ft sink tip, it's going to do the same but a bit quicker right?

Hi Rhys just wondering if you could recommend a good rod and reel combo that won't break the bank. Cheers

Can you use a indicator / bung with a sink tip line and what leader types do you recommend?

I guess I am slow, I've watched your videos but am confused about lines still. What is the functional difference with an intermediate line with a 3"per second and a full sink that's 3" per second? the same question with sink tips?

That F&F Sneaky tip line....where do ya get it from ?? Can't see it listed with my usual shops or online suppliers ??

Hi Rhys, Great video! Do you normally keep the welded loop on the lines or do you replace it with a braided one? I've noticed that for me the fluoro leader cuts into the welded loop ruining it if I do decide to keep it on. Was hard to tell what your lines had in the video.

so on the midge tip line are you fishing a booby or a Fab on the point ? i’m constantly fishing 3 unweighted flies on my midge tip can i be doing it better ?

Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge Rhys, much appreciated. I've many sinktips , I find theyre superb for identifying takes by watching the floating loop at the rod tip. Do you have a preference when it comes to stretchy or non stretch tip lines ? Would you prefer one type over the other? Say a stretchy tip for agressive buzzer takes and a non stretch for the washing line ?

Hi mate, can eggs be fished under sink tips or full sink lines?

Hi Rhys great videos, l fish still waters where the fish hold between 4 & 6 feet what line, flies & method would use? keep up the good work!

Rhys I know you said your recommending the lines you yourself use but rio have a new line out with a longer tip and their low stretch core now my question is if you have a longer tip should you shorten the length of your fluorocarbon to suit ??

Thanks for sharing but is the FNF fast tip not 7.5ft long. It’s their slow tip that is 5ft long.