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I've got the Tenny 200, 300, and 400 grain sinking head lines that I use on one handers (all very good lines by the way). Would like to 'adapt' them for spey rod use.
Anyone cast these lines on a spey rod, and how did it work out with the short heads on these lines.
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Fred A. Evans
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No responses I see, suggest you advise in advance the Greater Medford area air controllers of possible unknown dangerous flying objects in the areas from the launch of these on your spey rod.  
BTW, talked to Jim T. and his wife at the Chicago fly show last January heck of a nice couple. Told me all about the Chilean sea run brown fishing he was doing.
BG
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Fred
I have the same lines left from single handed rods. If you find that they may work, please let me know. I have been thinking of cutting the heads of and trying them on my Windcutter.
Skilly
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fredaevans
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As they're just about the same wt/length as RIO's Big Boy lines I suspect that 'snipping/looping' them behind a 10-11-12 or a 11-12-13 cut back windcutter would probably work.
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Fred & Skilly
I'll help you out, Cut the sink-tip off the Tenny lines and then cut them in half. You'll have 2 nice sink-tips just add loops to the end. As you can notice I don't like Tenny Lines.
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Brian
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Sell em' on ebay
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Rio T-14 don't leave for the river without it. LOL
BG
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fredaevans
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Interesting you should bring up T-14. Purchased a 30' run of it up at the Blue Herron fly shop (North Umpqua) to 'experiment' running this off the end of straight dry lines.
The 6' head was too much (7/8 Airflo Long Belly Delta) other than using the 'Perry Poke.' The 4 foot head just zinged; other than a bit of timing change if you wanted to also shoot some of the running line.
Just put a loop at the end of the butt section, loop to loop with the T-14 and way I went. Doing it this way I don't have to change lines/reels to go from a full floater to a light sink tip.
Will try this with an xlt and see what happens; ditto on a 9wt rod. Saga to be continued.
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Fred A. Evans
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3-5 foot sections is what I use depending on the situation.
Hey Fred I have been using the T-14 for 16 months thought all you expert spey fellows would have been onto this stuff by now, guess I am ahead on it though. Got enough sink tips to probably last a life time now.
BG
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fredaevans
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Actually a lot! of folks do ... I just have very little use for sink tip lines. Well, I usually use the 7-10' RIO/Airflo sinking leaders with the same set up.
Just a thing of mine: I don't like 15 foot sink tips as most (even the heavy ones) don't actually sink worth sh.t. Exception to this appears to be 'inserting' one of RIO's 'compensator's' between the cut back floating section and the sink tip.
These seem to drop like a rock in the water coloum. Just a thought here, but I suspect the 'compensator' is acting just like my insertion of a long heavy butt section between the floating portion of the casting line and the sink tip.
Major difference is my 'set up' works off a full floater without all the other 'stuff' crammed on the end of my line.
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I've never used Tenny tips. As far as exchanging tips between lines, making tips or the use of T-14, I use a scale that measures in grains. Most of the sites will list their tip weights and then I just try to keep it as close as possible.
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I have used teeny tips on single handers. They do load just fine, if you keep them within your rods load capability.
I know when it comes time to rebuy my spey rods, will just call up Brian (H2H) and have him build me some custom lines. I bought a couple spey rods from a friend of his, and his friend tossed in (unbeknownst to me at the time) some H2H custom lines. They loaded and cast the rods beautifully. I even kept them into the other rods. Finally sold them off with the whole getup (along with alot of my other rods unfortunately). Will say, he does excellent work, and suites the rods perfectly.
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