Airflo Spey Lines

NEW! Complete Skagit Compact Head Kit
Delta Spey Line	Custom Cut Sinking Tips
Delta Multi Tip Spey Line	Miracle Braid Shooting Line
Skagit Compact Heads	About Airflo Spey Lines
Northwest Skagit Heads	When to add a PolyLeader
Scandinavian Shooting Heads	The difference between Scandi & Skagit
Only Airflo lines are made from UV resistant super tough polyurethane. There are no liquids used in the manufacture of Airflo lines and therefore last longer than PVC lines. With its dry lubricant in the outer coating Airflo lines stay cleaner than other lines and don’t require as much care as PVC lines. By cleaning your line, you help the front of the line float, and keep friction in the guides from degrading line smoothness. Airflo lines are hardly affected by DEET and other chemicals that would normally ruin a fly line. You don’t have to worry about getting insect repellant on Airflo fly lines. Note that two hand lines experience more stress than other lines and focus stress immediately adjacent to the reinforced loop at each end of the head. After extended use a braided loop can be put onto the head to replace factory loops that show signs of wear, a common practice in Scandinavia.

Delta Spey Line
A complete redesign for 2006 all that remains is the original Delta Spey taper created by Tim Rajeff and Dec Hogan. Delta Spey now features our Power Core technology for improved control over the Spey cast, this combined with our new supple outer coating makes for less memory in cold conditions. Produced as a one part line, the Delta Spey features new improved low diameter running lines for unrivalled casting performance. Our testers have hailed the new Delta Spey as the ultimate all-round line for Spey, switch and overhead casts.
Head lengths vary from 50½ feet to 57 feet and head weights conform to the new Spey Standard. Exclusive Delta Spey Taper for powerful turnover. Power Core ultra low stretch for ultimate casting performance, hook set, and minimal memory. Two tone Mint Green for easy loading. Grain-weights are for the entire head, including front taper, belly and rear taper.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
462680	Airflow Delta Spey Line	6/7 470-grains	$69.95
462697	Airflow Delta Spey Line	7/8 530-grains	$69.95
462703	Airflow Delta Spey Line	8/9 600-grains	$69.95
462710	Airflow Delta Spey Line	9/10 680-grains	$69.95

Delta Multi Tip Spey Line
This extremely versatile system has been grasped by two hand casters the world over, being perfect for those trips when you just don’t know what the gods will throw at you. Available in two head lengths - Delta and Delta Long means that whatever your casting style, we have a two hand Multi Tip line to suite you. Lines come with a range of 4 tips all 15’ long – floating, sink 2, sink 5 and the incredible sink 8 ( 8” per sec). Each loop features our new improved sleeved weld for 2006 for incredible strength and durability. All spare tip sections are now looped tip and butt, making this the first Multi Tip line with tip loops.
Variable head lengths - Powerful Delta Spey tapers for superb turnover - individually balanced tip sections to avoid hinging - tips 13’ - 15’. Power Core ultra low stretch for ultimate casting performance, hook set, and minimal memory. New Ultra Supple PolyFuse XT cold weather coating – ultra supple inner layer for low memory and Teflon loaded outer for slick casting performance. Two tone Mint Green.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
462901	Airflo Delta Multi-Tip Spey Line	6/7 470-grains	$139.95
462918	Airflo Delta Multi-Tip Spey Line	7/8 530-grains	$139.95
462925	Airflo Delta Multi-Tip Spey Line	8/9 600-grains	$139.95
462932	Airflo Delta Multi-Tip Spey Line	9/10 680-grains	$139.95
462949	Airflo Delta Multi-Tip Spey Line	10/11 770-grains	$139.95

Skagit Compact Heads NEW! Complete Skagit Compact Head Kit
Airflo lines are very smooth!		Spey casting is more easily learned with instruction.
New for 2008, the Skagit Compact heads were designed to make fishing in tough places with heavy level sections of sink tip easier than you thought possible. The heads were developed with the help of serious line nerds and Skagit guides like Dec Hogan, who made their living being able to get the fly down to the fish with limited room to make a "D" loop. These lines increment every 30 grains from 420 to 720, ensuring you will never need to cut and splice a line ever again. The heads range from 23 to 27 feet, come with the toughest loop design in the industry, and are color coded so you will never need to confuse one line from another."
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
SKC420MG	Airflo Skagit Compact Head, Loop Color - White	5/6 420-grain 23-feet	$48.95
SKC450MG	Airflo Skagit Compact Head, Loop Color - Tan	6/7 450-grain 23-feet	$48.95
SKC480MG	Airflo Skagit Compact Head, Loop Color - Yellow	7/8 480-grain 24-feet	$48.95
SKC510MG	Airflo Skagit Compact Head, Loop Color - Pink	7/8 510-grain 24-feet	$48.95
SKC540MG	Airflo Skagit Compact Head, Loop Color - Orange	8/9 540-grain 25-feet	$48.95
SKC570MG	Airflo Skagit Compact Head, Loop Color - Light Green	8/9 570-grain 25-feet	$48.95
SKC600MG	Airflo Skagit Compact Head, Loop Color - Dark Green	9/10 600-grain 27-feet	$48.95
SKC630MG	Airflo Skagit Compact Head, Loop Color - Light Blue	9/10 630-grain 27-feet	$48.95
SKC660MG	Airflo Skagit Compact Head, Loop Color - Dark Blue	9/10 660-grain 27-feet	$48.95
SKC720MG	Airflo Skagit Compact Head, Loop Color - Purple	10/11 720-grain 27-feet	$48.95

Airflo Skagit Compact Kit
This is the kit for the serious fly fisher who owns a set of spey rods and likes to fine tune their tackle for exacting presentations. This kit contains a full set of Airflo Skagit compact heads: 420, 450, 480, 510, 540, 570, 600, 630, 660 and 720 grain, and both 20lb. and 30lb. Ridge Shooting lines. Everything is organized in a sassy Airflo Line & Reel Case. There is plenty of extra room for a couple of Spey reels and an extra spool or two. There are pockets for extra shooting lines, leaders and tips. Everything is enclosed in a compact padded case. When you show up at the lodge with this outfit, everyone will know you are serious.

Item	Description	Price	To Top
SKCKIT	Airflo Skagit Compact Complete Kit	$450.00

Airflo Skagit Compact Head loop color identifier.

Northwest Skagit Heads
In the rivers of the pacific NW of the United States a style of fishing has developed using easy casting multi tip shooting heads. Heads can be easier to cast than regular weight forward lines. Heavy sink tips are used to get big flies to the bottom of the rivers and shorter, interchangeable shootings can do this. Previously available only in custom made versions by fly nerds, the new NW 2 Hand Shooting Heads now allows people who fish sink tips to catch medium to large sized steelhead and salmon in rivers around the world. Powerful front taper for turnover with wind resistant flies and heavy tips. Floating-multi filament braided nylon
for low memory. PolyFuse XT dual layer system- supple inner layer for low memory and a hard highly lubricated outer for slick casting performance. Tired of cutting up lines trying to make easy casting shooting heads for big heavy flies? Airflo has created a series of Skagit heads that bring the performance of custom lines to everyone with a two-hand rod. Skagit lines do not require special rods but can be cast with rods that have moderate actions and power commonly used to cast shorter lines like Airflo Delta Spey lines. The goal was to create a line that easily casts the largest / heaviest flies using an interchangeable sink tip system. Running line needs vary with conditions therefore Airflo has chosen to listen to the hard core fishermen and created their NW 2-Hand Skagit lines in a shooting head configuration. Airflo has several running line options offer that can be used with the Skagit heads. Float- Peach. The Airflo Skagit Spey Head comes with a heavy floating belly with loops at each end, a custom cut tip CCT200, and a leader wallet to keep track of your tips. Airflo recommends the following length tips for each line weight: 6/7=8', 7/8-9', 8/9=10', 9/10=10'. By this chart, each line comes with enough material to make two tips. We have also used 15' tips from the Delta Spey line, with the Skagit and found that combination to be very smooth.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
461898	Airflo Skagit Spey Head	6/7	$74.95
461904	Airflo Skagit Spey Head	7/8	$74.95
461911	Airflo Skagit Spey Head	8/9	$74.95
461928	Airflo Skagit Spey Head	9/10	$74.95

Designed specifically for the popular Scandinavian style of casting, the shorter "Scandi" head has a longer front taper to extend turnover and help achieve more distance. These lines work well with shorter, faster action rods. The new Flexi-loop at both ends means means the head can be used as it is or custom cut to a shorter length if you want to fine tune for length and weight. Scandi heads require a longer leader to help them anchor. We recommend either a 14' Airflo Polyleader or 15' mono leader for optimum performance.
The special 14' Spey Polyleader is very similar to the sinking tips that come with the Delta Spey lines and sinking characteristics are very similar. The Polyleader adds to the length and weight of the head. Total lengths and weights are given in the chart below. The weights are listed with the heaviest Polyleader, which weighs 115-grains.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
467333	Airflo Scandinavian Shooting Head	7/8/9	$54.95
467340	Airflo Scandinavian Shooting Head	8/9/10	$54.95
467357	Airflo Scandinavian Shooting Head	9/10/11	$54.95
467364	Airflo Scandinavian Shooting Head	10/11/12	$54.95

Comparison of Skagit and Scandinavian Shooting Head Line Design, Casting and Fishing Philosophies
The Science of Spey Casting/Fishing seems to have diversified along three main schools (or philosophies). Those are regularly called the Traditional, Skagit and Scandinavian methods. Traditional Spey casting methods have evolved slowly over the past several hundred years. This evolution was fueled by incremental changes in rod/line technology which resulted in improvements in the use of materials that were available. Understanding of casting dynamics often arose from these changes in technology. More responsive tools lead to new casting techniques. Progress was slow because of the relative sameness of woods and animal fibers from which all fly rods and lines were constructed. When superior synthetic materials for rods/line construction became available, casting techniques also began to change. During this same period, scientific methods also became available for analyzing the dynamics of fly casting. This lead to a quantum leap in how much fly line speed could be developed. The Scandinavian and Skagit methods, have each evolved over the last twenty years. The two methods have evolved independently on opposite sides of the planet. The Skagit method could be termed a Pacific Northwest winter steelhead method. Skagit and Scandi methods each have applications appropriate for steelhead fishing. At first the differences between Scandinavian Style and Skagit Styles doesn't seem very apparent. Both styles employ lightweight, medium-length two-hand rods and shooting head fly lines. Both methods insist that the cast is thrown with emphasis on the under-hand (if you are Scandinavian), or bottom-hand (if you are North American). Yet, within the subtle differences between rod/line designs and casting methods, there is an interesting divergence in actual fishing application. Scandinavian rods are stiffer and faster action than Skagit rods, which are actually fairly "Traditional Action". Scandinavian Action rods are very fast and Skagit rods are pretty slow. The Scandi rods store the most power in the tip of the rod, and Skagit rods concentrate power lower into the butt. The difference in casting strokes between the two methods might be characterized by the fact that the Skagit cast can use a hard, extended anchor on the water and a continuous acceleration to the stop. The Scandinavian method uses a very light anchor on the water and a slight deceleration and then reacceleration in the formation of the D-loop. The Scandinavian cast ordinarily uses a longer, narrower D-loop than the Skagit cast. Part of the reason is, that Scandinavian flies are usually slightly smaller and lighter in weight than many of the flies used in the Pacific Northwest during the winter season. Also, apparently Atlantic Salmon are more prone to come to the surface than are our winter steelhead. The Scandinavian method fishes the fly downstream at a steep angle that brings the fly across slowly on a steady predictable course. The Skagit method often presents the fly more across-stream, or even slightly upstream, then the fly is allowed to drift and sink before coming under full tension. When both methods are applied in their purest form, you can readily see how the tackle and casting methods evolved along divergent paths. The main differences between the fly lines is that the Skagit line concentrates more weight in a shorter mass, especially in the sinking tip portion, which helps turn over heavy, bulky flies. The Scandi Head uses a long Polyleader to extend it's length. Polyleaders are actually made from fly line material and when added to a shooting head, become part of the total length and mass of the head. When their influence on the line is portrayed on paper, the overall design of the Scandi shooting head doesn't seem radical. Interestingly, the favored methods that have been evolving along the Sandy and Clackamas Rivers are kind of in-between or a cross-between the two methods, and both Scandi and Skagit methods are gaining popularity here. A ten foot tip made from CCT200 weighs 100-grains. A 14' Salmon Spey Extra Super Fast Sinking Polyleader weighs 115-grains. So they are comparable and reflect in the weights and lengths of the shooting heads listed below.
Skagit size/weight/length/total length	Scandinavian size/weight/length/total length
6/7 520-grains/30'/40'
7/8 560-grains/32'/41'	7/8/9 565-grains/38'/52'
8/9 630-grains/33.5'/43.5'	8/9/10 615-grains/40'/54'
	9/10/11 665-grains/42'/56'
9/10 750-grains/35'/45'	10/11/12 715-grains/44'/58'

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Non-Stretch Miracle Shooting Braid

Possably the best overall shooting/running line for coldwater use with spey shooting heads is Airflo MiracleBraid. It's incredibly light so it shoots a long way, has NO memory, floats, and doesn't tangle very often. Because it has no stretch, even on those dainty takes where the fish merely "stops" the fly can be felt. The feel is immediate and very pronounced. This is a great line to use in combination with Skagit and Scandinavian heads. Some anglers are even cutting the stock shooting lines from mid-length heads and replacing them with Miracle Braid because it gives superior performance.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
MBRATDNS	Airflo Non-Stretch Miracle Shooting Braid, 40-yard spool	35-pound test	$24.95

Technical Information About Airflo NW Skagit Spey Lines
Size	Floating portion weight	Front taper length of floating belly	Belly length	Rear taper length	Length of Floating w/o tip	Total line length including sink tip	Total head weight gr.	Average rod length	Rod / head length ratio
6/7	440	14	13	3	30	38	520	12.5	3.0
7/8	470	15	14	3	32	41	560	13	3.2
8/9	530	15.5	15	3	33.5	43.5	630	13.5	3.2
9/10	650	16	16	3	35	45	750	14	3.2

Technical Information About Airflo Scandinavian Shooting Head Spey Lines
Size	Floating portion weight	Front taper length of floating belly	Belly length	Rear taper length	Length of Floating w/o tip	Total line length including Polyleader	Total weight with 14' Polyleader.	Average rod length	Rod / head length ratio
7/8/9	450	19	17	2	38	52	565	12.3	4.4
8/9/10	500	20	18	2	40	54	615	12.5	4.3
9/10/11	550	21	19	2	42	56	665	13	3.3
10/11/12	600	22	20	2	44	58	715	14	3.1