[BLACK FRANCIS]

I have both the 1107 and 1307 and they both work very well with the 11 wt floater. i have used up to 15' of t-14 off the end with great results and also with a 15' intermediate tip and everything in between. this is mainly spey casting but i have overhead cast with the lighter tips and it is impressive for distance. this 4 sizes over the rods rating seems like a good formula as i have cast the #12 ob on the 1208 T&T and the 1408 Scott ls2 and even with their considerably different actions they both seemed right on. now we just need them to make a 13-15 weight floater. imho the most underrated "spey" line on the market.

 

[BLACK FRANCIS]

Sean it's not that it's that heavy it is really just a shooting head without the loops. the 12 (510 gr) is good for an 8 weight and it would be nice to have one for the 9 as well. the skagit line is level in the floater and level and too short in the original. this line has a taper. i guess that's why they make so many, everyone likes different stuff.

 

[BLACK FRANCIS]

rio's website shows both skagit lines as essentialy level. definitly no 15' front taper mentioned anywhere. if i had any skills and could post a pic, rio's website has the taper diagrams and specs all laid out. acording to their site these lines have totaly different taper configurations.

skagit:

http://www.rioproducts.com/pages/flylines_prodpage.asp?product=21662&useMet=0#chart

OB:

http://www.rioproducts.com/pages/flylines_prodpage.asp?product=21713&useMet=0#chart

 

[BLACK FRANCIS]

I think no matter what skagit line we talk about the taper is different than the outbound. the floater from the new catalog which is just comming out now apears to be a reverse of the outbound and closely resembles a shorter, heavier windcutter. see the above diagrams since i still can't get a pic up.