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Shooting Lines/Shooting Tapers System

Shooting Tapers

Sinking Shooting Taper

Applications:

  • Extremely long-range fishing at a variety of depths
  • Thin diameter casts well in wind

Sink Rate:

  • 1.6-7.0 ips

Taper characteristics:

  • Superior casting; short head for quick, long casts

Core:

  • Single-strand monofilament nylon (Type I braided multifilament)

Coating:

  • 3M PVC with powdered tungsten or glass beads

Colors:

Light Green
Light Green

Green
Green

Dark Green
Dark Green

Gray
Gray

Dark Gray
Dark Gray

Delivery: Moderate

Stiffness: Moderate

Matching Shooting Lines:

  • 9-wt and smaller:
    20 lb/.030" - .031" diameter line
  • 10-wt and larger:
    30 lb/.035" - .038" diameter line

Download an INFORMATION
BULLETIN
(PDF 396K) for this product.

Express 14+ Shooting Head Line

Applications:

  • Quickly gets flies deep
  • Shoots great
  • 33 lb. tensile strength

Sink Rate:

  • 7.75 ips

Core:

  • Single-strand monofilament nylon

Coating:

  • 3M PVC integrated with powdered tungsten

Colors:

Dark Gray
Dark Gray

Download an INFORMATION
BULLETIN
(PDF 106K) for this product.