But once you get it you realize how much fun this can be . I carry a spare reel rigged with a Skagit set up and when ever I see some good swinging water I just swap reels and I’m ready to go . Thanks for sharing
@zenbooter
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ryan. I’m certain all you said is true. The frustration of no backcast room on the Delaware river in the March runoff fishing for shad is/ was the impetus for my seeking skagit, back in the mid 00’s.
@ontheflywithryan5611
5 жыл бұрын
That's awesome. I love seeing Skagit casting used for different species
@BlackWarriorLures
2 жыл бұрын
Solid information. Been wanting to get into two-handed fly fishing for a while.
@ontheflywithryan5611
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Feel free to shoot me any questions, it's definitely a little confusing.
@KevinGarrigan
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ryan, wish I had have come across this 8 months ago when I bought my first commando smooth! was fun figuring out all the same
@ontheflywithryan5611
4 жыл бұрын
I hear ya, not the easiest thing to figure out without help. Glad you got it figured out.
@jessejames1395
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, great video. I’m looking at setting up my 7wt for steelhead with this type of setup
@ontheflywithryan5611
2 жыл бұрын
Happy to help, good luck out there
@mikeyc0014
3 ай бұрын
Excellent...thank you so much
@ontheflywithryan5611
3 ай бұрын
Happy to help!
@mikekuczynski1552
3 жыл бұрын
Ryan perfect explanation . There is a lot of monkey motion going on with single hand Skagit for the first time new guy , But it’s worth the effort to learn . I started with two handed Skagit and Scandi swinging so it was pretty easy to go to single handed . The best part is you more then likely have the rod and reel so no equipment cost just line and heads . I’m an OPST person I like there running line and heads as far as tips you can use anything that matches up with the grain weight of your head . I do use OPST tips 10’ 12 ‘ and RIO MOW 10’ tips all work well it’s all about getting the fly to the fish . My current set up Sage XP 6 wt 9’ OPST lazer running line 35lb OPST Skagit head 225gr and OPST tips 98gr I will also use RIO T-11 MOW tips . With this rig when I want to get down . This set up allows me to throw small stuff and big heavy stuff . And as you know it’s just fun casting it .
@ontheflywithryan5611
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind words. It really does ease the transition if you're coming from two handed rods. I know for me originally it was hard to even conceptualize how all these pieces fit together and why. I also think you hit the nail on the head, in the end it's really just fun
@tysonseafoot7834
3 жыл бұрын
You should try the royal wulff running line. I find the lazar line gets very coiled after around a year.
@ontheflywithryan5611
3 жыл бұрын
@@tysonseafoot7834 I'll have to take a look
@mikekuczynski1552
3 жыл бұрын
Will have to have a look at it , haven’t found anything yet that doesn’t get some form of memory. Thanks
@tysonseafoot7834
3 жыл бұрын
@@mikekuczynski1552 it’s the Royal wulff triangle taper
@oldsmugglerflyfishing
2 жыл бұрын
Great information
@johnkenny694
3 жыл бұрын
Rio Trout Max looks like a fun head, gota get some.
@ontheflywithryan5611
3 жыл бұрын
Keep an eye out for them online, they pop up for sale pretty cheap occasionally.
@SurfSkagit
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, grate presentation, from a great channel you have here, definitely new sub👌
@ontheflywithryan5611
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words!
@Island-pool
5 ай бұрын
You guys should have been around 50 years ago.. it was the Wild West back then.. we made our own lines, tips and leaders ..more learning curves back then and no KZitem .
@lesterma1608
4 жыл бұрын
Regular shooting heads have different depth density, opt or others are floating or intermediate at best, so a sink tip is needed, more complex.
@francoisl7663
4 жыл бұрын
Dude awesome!! Thanks.
@williamblair2934
7 ай бұрын
Can you just use your standard floating line for the running line and then take the head and sink tip off and set up normally with tippet off of the floating line if you see a hatch and want to dry fly fish? And then put the head and tip back on for streamers?
@ontheflywithryan5611
7 ай бұрын
The issue with this is that your standard weight forward floating fly line has tapered mass at its head, meaning the first 20-50 feet (give or take) is thicker in diameter then the rest of the line, which also makes this section heavier. This is what makes a fly line easy to cast. If you attached a Skagit head to the front of your WFF fly line you'd essentially have two heads at the beginning of your line. It would not cast very well at all. Technically you could reverse your weight forward fly line and use it backwards as running line for a Skagit head because the rear of a wff fly line is just thin level running line, no head or taper. To get the result you're looking for I typically carry a small tapered floating tip and swap that out with the sink tip. Then I can fish dries or nymphs under and indicator. This works well but presentation becomes an issue, especially with heavier lines because a Skagit head carries more mass in a shorter length then a standard floating line. That means it lands harder. While I've used floating tips with great results with larger terrestrials and bigger foam dries it definitely leaves something to be desired if you're wanting to fish smaller dries that require a delicate presentation. Midges, Tricos, bwos, these sort of bugs are usually a bit too small and delicate for even a lightweight Skagit system. Great question though. I may very well try to do a video on floating tips, although there isn't much surface action here in February 🥶. Might have to wait until spring.
@efam7349
11 ай бұрын
Great thanks....question if using mono to shooting head ....do u still use backing or simply the mono can be ur backing and running line as well
@ontheflywithryan5611
11 ай бұрын
I do use backing, just because it takes up less space on the reel than mono does. A Skagit head is big and fat, so I want all the room for it I can get. You could totally use all mono if you wanted to though.
@efam7349
11 ай бұрын
Thank u so much ..the video was very informative and your reply is greatly appreciated 👍
@ontheflywithryan5611
11 ай бұрын
@@efam7349 Happy to help!
@efam7349
11 ай бұрын
Hi Rysn I'm planning to go for salmon fishing ..I had spey rod no 9 ..what size or grain of shooting head I need .. what factor determine the size of ur shooting head ...thanks
@deo53
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video.
@ontheflywithryan5611
3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@boohoo210
3 жыл бұрын
Great vid Ryan. I was looking at getting a head for my 4 wt as well. I think 175graibs is what opst recommends. If I wanted to throw say a t11 5 foot tip and a weighted small leech or sculpin, would this head weight turn it over with ease or get a 200. I'd love to see some casting vids of you using some of your setups. Thanks for sharing
@ontheflywithryan5611
3 жыл бұрын
You can probably get away with 5 feet of T11. Best thing you can do is try different setups. You could definitely cast a 5 foot piece of T8. I just don't really fish anything that's deep enough for me to need much weight.
@christophercook723
Ай бұрын
Whats the Reel amd line weight.
@davidroberts5535
2 күн бұрын
How long of a tippet?
@ontheflywithryan5611
2 күн бұрын
@davidroberts5535 With a sink tip I only use a foot or two of tippet. Maybe 18-24 inches.
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