TAPER DIAGRAM
SPECIFICATIONS
ITEM NUMBER | WEIGHT | HEAD LENGTH | TOTAL LENGTH | GRAIN WEIGHT |
128490 | 180 GRAIN | 20’ / 6,1m | 100’ / 30,5m | 180gr / 11,7g |
128506 | 210 GRAIN | 21’ / 6,4m | 100’ / 30,5m | 210gr / 13,6g |
128513 | 240 GRAIN | 22’ / 6,7m | 100’ / 30,5m | 240gr / 15,6g |
128520 | 270 GRAIN | 23’ / 7,0m | 100’ / 30,5m | 270gr / 17,5g |
128537 | 300 GRAIN | 24’ / 7,3m | 100’ / 30,5m | 300gr / 19,4g |
128544 | 330 GRAIN | 25’ / 7,6m | 100’ / 30,5m | 330gr / 21,4g |
128551 | 360 GRAIN | 25’ / 7,6m | 100’ / 30,5m | 360gr / 23,3g |
132855 | 390 GRAIN | 27’ / 8,2m | 100’ / 30,5m | 390gr / 25,2g |
128094 | 420 GRAIN | 27’ / 8,2m | 100’ / 30,5m | 420gr / 27,2g |
REFERENCE CHART
GRAIN WEIGHT | SINGLE HAND | SPEY | SWITCH | TIP FOR SKAGIT |
180 | 4/5 | 3/4 | 10’ Sonar Leaders | |
210 | 5/6 | 3 | 4 | 10’ Sonar Leaders |
240 | 6/7 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 10’ Sonar Leaders |
270 | 7/8 | 4 | 5 | 10’ Sonar Leaders/ 8’ 80gr TC TIPS |
300 | 8 | 4/5 | 5/6 | 8’ 80gr TC TIPS |
330 | 8/9 | 5 | 6 | 8’ 80gr TC Tips/ 10’ 120gr TC Tips |
360 | 8/9 | 5/6 | 6/7 | 8’ 80gr TC Tips/ 10’ 120gr TC Tips |
390 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 10’ 120gr TC Tips |
420 | 9/10 | 6/7 | 7/8 | 10’ 120gr TC Tips |
Marc Griffiths –
I love the 20 ft 150 and 180 grain Scandi Lites for nine and nine and a half foot single hand 5wt rods.
Integrated Scandi systems are especially useful for catching high numbers of large trout, such as during the evening caddis hatch on the Tongariro. In this scenario, the running line to head connection does not stick in the guides as it moves in and out of the rod tip whilst fighting strong fish, which is not only annoying but also results in break-offs.
Although integrated Scandi heads do not cast as far as Scandi heads on mono running lines, distance is seldom an issue when fishing soft hackles or swinging dries. Accuracy and ability to control speed of the drift and swing are much more important.
Casts of 30 to 60 ft are easily achievable with integrated Scandi Lite Heads on 9 ft rods, which is usually more than adequate. Unnecessarily long casts with mono running lines – because we just can’t help ourselves – often result in less control of the swing, fewer takes and more missed fish.
I use both integrated and head-only Scandi Lite Heads. I like the head-only version when I need long casts to reach fish or to clear a back eddy or fast current. It is easy to hold 35 ft of light mono running line off tricky water without disturbing the head.
I also use the head-only version when I’m travelling light and don’t expect to get into a hatch or fish soft hackles. It lives in my head wallet and is easy to swop with a Skagit Lite head when streamers are not doing the job.
The integrated Scandi Lite version is my ‘go-to’ for swinging dry flies and emerges in the dark.