The Confusing World Of Skagit Heads

Yes, it's two styles. Style 1 ,sink tip lay on water, only the skagit head and a little part of sink tip load your rod,main mass comes from skagit head. But if you are advanced caster,there is style 2,you make much bigger D loop,most part of sink tip join into the D loop ,sink tip plus skagit head load your rod. Just like Peter Charles said,it actually is a changeable tip Scandi head. My sage 2wt ,200-250grain window,used a 240 SA Spey Lite Skagit and 10ft T8,it overloaded,no distance,no line speed,but it cast perfectly when using a Spey Lite Scandi 240grain.

Appreciate the Great Lakes switch rod Skagit content. Keep it coming!

Like you suggested in some of your earlier vids, I know I just had to just get a setup and get out there and cast.

I got a casting lesson, which helped a lot. But I still have a ways to go, a lot of my casts are botched. I think I’m trying to cast too far, and am trying too hard. It’s hard to self diagnose the problems with my cast

My head hurts.

Beautiful place to fish and great camera work! I know nothing about that type of fishing but always enjoy watching and learning Thanks Wes

That was a killer parasite get out of the water🤔

For some reason the line and rod manufacturers have gone crazy with their weight recommendations.

My all casting problems were gone once I changed to lighter heads.

I switched to opst to reward ed ward and his common sense approach

This is what I have been advocating all along. You can even go lower in weight. The more one gets into it, the more the case for lighter rod and lighter lines. This is the reason designing your own lines and heads are super important. It takes the understanding of the line design to a new level. There are literarily dirt-cheap lines online from abroad one can cut and play.

Short heads are good for close to bank fishing. I can shoot a 26 ft system (14ft of 240grain head + 12 ft of 70 grain versileader) above 85ft with a 10ft 4wt switch rod from under a tree.

I do not even cast regular casts with my single hand rods anymore, I have my own spey lines for them too. Always go lighter in rod and line.

Give me a classic double taper for sure, I am now learning that all these WF variants are not the answer.

Another great video. Impressive casting and very informative

Darts! 😂

I fish in a lot of tight conditions, trees, high banks yadda yadda, and figured skagit heads were going to have me throwing darts, but I have issues. That said, I'm using 4/5wt 7'6" - 9'ft rods. I think I have a 250grain commando for my 5wt and a 200grain for my 4wt and I have a glass 4wt that I run a 175grain. You've inspired me to maybe down size my lines even further and SLOW DOWN!!! Any other tips for micro skagit on single handed short rods/glass would be much appreciated.

Darts!!😂💰👌

I came to this realization a few years back. Now when I see rod reviews, I just cringe at the recommendation they give for line grains. I think these companies/influencers/reps are a bit apprehensive to recommend something that goes against what the norm has been for so long, or they simply just don’t know any better. You nailed it man. Listen to the OG guys. They’ve figured it out. Ed Ward, Jerry French, just to name a couple. All fishing shorter rods and lighter heads. They have no problems sending their lines out to any fishable distance. Plus you gain all the sensitivity of a lighter line system, and when you do hook a fish, the fish is fighting you, not a jumper cable of a fly line.
Thanks for posting this. Cheers!