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Fly fishing deep:  Sinking tip lines or poly leaders? (51 of 51)

You need to get your streamer or soft hackle wet fly deeper than you can with a floating line. You want it to stay deep during your retrieve or swing. Should you just add a sinking poly leader to your floating line or are there times when a sinking tip fly line works better? In this video, Tom Rosenbauer explains how to make this important fly-fishing decision.