Line For Reddington Switch?

[bowbuster]

|I have a reddington 11' 6" switch 8wt. The guys i bought it from sold me a rio skagit line 420somethin grain (the bigger of the two anyways). And a cheater. Does the cheater add too much extra weight in relation to loading the rod and should i use the lower grain line with the cheater or get rid of the cheater and just use the line that i have. Also, can u use a smaller belly line like a regular fly line , if so im guessing u have to overline and how much? I would really like to be able to single hand cast this rod but with the line i have it doesnt work very well. Any advice welcome...............................................................thankz

[cheeler]

You won't need a cheater for a rod that short. It's meant for longer spey rods to keep your leader+line length between 3 and 3.5 times the length of the rod.

 

For an overhead line you will have to bump it up - possibly to a 10 weight but search around on forums like speypages or ask the manufacturer or pro staff as someone may have already done the work for you.

[headscan]

A cheater on an 11'6" rod is unnecessary. A lot of guys aren't even using cheaters on longer (13'-14') rods with compact skagit or skagit flight heads. If you're blowing your anchor, slow your cast down before messing with cheaters.

[bowbuster]

thanks fo th einfo..........max told me the same thing now that i think of it but i havnt even used it since then and had forgotten about that...no cheater it is.......ill try that out when the season opens here. So, its a 10 wt singlehand flyline if i go that route, id like to try that just to see how it would work, i know where i can get one cheap i think.