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I was reading around Blanton's site about depth compensated lines and came across the following post by Bruce Richards of SA. If you can believe that river current pulls on the line during the swing, then I think the post makes a pretty good case for depth compensated sink tips being overrated when swinging flies. I'll continue to chop up shooting heads and full DT sinkers...
"Ron,
DC sinking lines do minimize belly sag vs. std. sinking lines. How important that might be to you depend on a couple things. The slower you retrieve the more important DC is. Also, it is more important in slower sinking lines than fast sinking lines.
The faster you retrieve the quicker the whole line pulls level with the line belly. If you retrieve slowly, the belly may continue sinking, but the tip will stay higher considerably longer.
Slower sinking lines often have a larger difference in sink rate between tip and belly than faster sinking lines so the "belly sag" problem is worse.
If you are fishing a slow retrieve with slow sinking lines, DC is critical. If you are stripping streamers fast with a fast sinking line, save your money."
Bruce Richards
"Ron,
DC sinking lines do minimize belly sag vs. std. sinking lines. How important that might be to you depend on a couple things. The slower you retrieve the more important DC is. Also, it is more important in slower sinking lines than fast sinking lines.
The faster you retrieve the quicker the whole line pulls level with the line belly. If you retrieve slowly, the belly may continue sinking, but the tip will stay higher considerably longer.
Slower sinking lines often have a larger difference in sink rate between tip and belly than faster sinking lines so the "belly sag" problem is worse.
If you are fishing a slow retrieve with slow sinking lines, DC is critical. If you are stripping streamers fast with a fast sinking line, save your money."
Bruce Richards
