With all the choice on the market today, what is everyone using. What do you have in your arsenal and when do you use it?
I have and regularly use......
Skagit - used in spring, high & cold water, for throwing very big flies and heavy tips and for fishing with next to no space behind me. Also used in very windy conditions or off the bank at times and when needing to wade very deep. For tubes and tips faster than 8 inches per second only
Floating shooting head, for general fishing with polys and flies from Cu tubes to small doubles.
AFS tracker - multi tip shooting head carrying 15' fly line tips from intermediate to 8ips, bridges the gap between the two above. Very useful when throwing heavier flies and wading deep or off the bank. Less clunky than a Skagit but not as delicate as a decent floating head or short Spey line.
Sinking shooting head - varying rates. Used when swinging through bigger rivers in higher water and when a tip style line like the above just doesn't feel right.
Mid / long head floating Spey line. Used for fishing small flies in the summer when shallow wading and fishing a tapered mono leader or short polyleaders only.
Cheers
Ben