Green Butt,
I fish the T&T 16 foot 11 weight, which is very similar to your 15' 11 wgt, and have been doing so for 6 years. I use 12 weight sinking tips of type 3, 4, and 6 that are usually 15' long. I also use 14 1/2 feet of 550 gr. Deep Water Express and 11 feet of 700 gr. Deep Water Express. These tips are fished on a RIO Windcutter 10/11/12 that I cut 17 feet from the end for a floating tip, and again at 25 feet from the end. I throw the second piece (the one 25 feet from the end) away and put use a Windcutter Upgrade 10/11/12 in its place. This gives me a line that has a belly/front taper of 74 or so feet. I also keep the front 17 feet and turn it into my floating tip after cutting off 2 feet of it from the tip.
It is a lot of grains though (very close to 1100) and the line weight plus the belly length may not be for you. Casting it is easy when you learn where to place the line, how to move the longer belly, and where to place the fly prior to launching the cast.
You may be better off using the Windcutter without the upgrade with the 12 weight and Deep Water express tips I use unless you have learned how to master the long belly or double taper lines.
This rod, like the other 11 weights, is a cannon and is too much rod for many people. But I love my 1611 (almost bought the 1511 but wanted the extra length) and wish T&T, Scott, or Loomis would make a 17 or 18 foot 11 weight. Man, that would be some rod for winter fishing. I can see the line rolling out and the mends being made already.
I fish the T&T 16 foot 11 weight, which is very similar to your 15' 11 wgt, and have been doing so for 6 years. I use 12 weight sinking tips of type 3, 4, and 6 that are usually 15' long. I also use 14 1/2 feet of 550 gr. Deep Water Express and 11 feet of 700 gr. Deep Water Express. These tips are fished on a RIO Windcutter 10/11/12 that I cut 17 feet from the end for a floating tip, and again at 25 feet from the end. I throw the second piece (the one 25 feet from the end) away and put use a Windcutter Upgrade 10/11/12 in its place. This gives me a line that has a belly/front taper of 74 or so feet. I also keep the front 17 feet and turn it into my floating tip after cutting off 2 feet of it from the tip.
It is a lot of grains though (very close to 1100) and the line weight plus the belly length may not be for you. Casting it is easy when you learn where to place the line, how to move the longer belly, and where to place the fly prior to launching the cast.
You may be better off using the Windcutter without the upgrade with the 12 weight and Deep Water express tips I use unless you have learned how to master the long belly or double taper lines.
This rod, like the other 11 weights, is a cannon and is too much rod for many people. But I love my 1611 (almost bought the 1511 but wanted the extra length) and wish T&T, Scott, or Loomis would make a 17 or 18 foot 11 weight. Man, that would be some rod for winter fishing. I can see the line rolling out and the mends being made already.
