Two questions:
1. I have heard that a windcutter line has a tip diameter that's two sizes smaller than the actual line weight designation (i.e. an 8-weight WC spey line has a tip diameter of a 6-weight line); is this correct?
2. To use shooting heads with a two-handed rod, one uses shooting heads for a single-handed rod that are on average two line sizes heavier than the line weight designation for the two-hander (i.e. an 8-weight two-handed rod would use 10-weight shooting heads meant for a single-handed rod). Is this correct?
If these two points are true, this would seem to indicate that, intrinsically, using the spey line would provide a much more delicate presentation, though you wouldn't necessarily be using the two lines in the same situations.
1. I have heard that a windcutter line has a tip diameter that's two sizes smaller than the actual line weight designation (i.e. an 8-weight WC spey line has a tip diameter of a 6-weight line); is this correct?
2. To use shooting heads with a two-handed rod, one uses shooting heads for a single-handed rod that are on average two line sizes heavier than the line weight designation for the two-hander (i.e. an 8-weight two-handed rod would use 10-weight shooting heads meant for a single-handed rod). Is this correct?
If these two points are true, this would seem to indicate that, intrinsically, using the spey line would provide a much more delicate presentation, though you wouldn't necessarily be using the two lines in the same situations.