RIO Skagit MOW Tips – Light
$29.99
The Light MOW Tips feature T-8, with a sink rate of 7″ per second, for the sinking material. Each of these tips has either a white floating section, or if full sinking are a dark red color, for easy identification. The Light MOW Tips are designed for lightly weighted flies and are ideal for Skagit lines of 475 grains and less.
MOW Tips are based on the type of sink tips that Skagit maestros Mike McCune, Scott O’Donnell and Ed Ward have designed and used for years. Not only are the MOW tips exceptionally easy to cast, but they also give anglers far more precision in depth control than has ever been possible in the past.
The MOW tip concept is simple; keep the tip length the same, regardless of how long the sinking section is. The majority of MOW tips are 10 ft long and feature a combination of level floating and sinking line that gives anglers the greatest depth control. The five tips are as follows:
1. 10 ft floating tip
2. 7.5 ft of floating line seamlessly integrated into 2.5 ft of sinking tip
3. 5 ft of floating line seamlessly integrated into 5 ft of sinking tip
4. 2.5 ft of floating line seamlessly integrated into 7.5 ft of sinking tip
5. 10 ft level sinking tip.
Each tip features RIO’s skinny welded loop in both ends for the easiest and fastest rigging.
There are three different sets of In-Touch MOW tips availble, Heavy, Medium and Light. The Heavy MOW tips utilize T-14 in all sinking sections. The Medium MOW tips utilize T-11 and the Light MOW tips utilize T-8 for all sinking sections. As a guideline, Heavy MOW Tips are best on Skagit line of 575 grains and heavier, with the Medium MOW Tips most suitable for Skagit lines between 475 and 575 grains and the Light MOW Tips being most ideal on Skagit lines lighter than 475 grains. Though this is a guideline, fly size is actually most important and big flies will cast easiest on the Heavy Tips, while light flies will respond best on the Light MOW Tips.
Skagit MOW tips are perfect for fishing through a pool at a variety of depths. An angler can literally “mow” through the pool – starting off shallow when necessary, and then changing the tip to fish a little deeper, changing again to get deeper still and again until all depths have been thoroughly covered.
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Fly line grain-weight specifications
This is the official AFTMA (American Fishing Tackle Manufacturers Association) chart of fly line grain-weight specifications, based on the front 30 feet of a fly line.
Our website lists the grain weights for each line in its description. Compare that weight with the chart to see whether a particular line is true to size or overweighted.
Weight in grains for the first 30 feet of fly line
| Line Weight | Low | Target (in grains) | High |
| 1 | 54 | 60 | 66 |
| 2 | 74 | 80 | 86 |
| 3 | 94 | 100 | 106 |
| 4 | 114 | 120 | 126 |
| 5 | 134 | 140 | 146 |
| 6 | 152 | 160 | 168 |
| 7 | 177 | 185 | 193 |
| 8 | 202 | 210 | 218 |
| 9 | 230 | 240 | 250 |
| 10 | 270 | 280 | 290 |
| 11 | 318 | 330 | 342 |
| 12 | 368 | 380 | 392 |
| 13 | 435 | 450 | 465 |
| 14 | 485 | 500 | 515 |
| 15 | 535 | 550 | 565 |
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