Intermediate Line?

[trout fanatic]

I just bought a new rod (Redington RS4 10 foot 8 weight). The rod will serve two purposes. 1. Surf fishing the florida beaches and 2. swinging big streamers for lake erie steelhead. Some friends in florida swear by intermediate line saying that it sinks just under the waves and is much easier to fish and retrieve than a floating line that "rides the waves." That makes a lot of sense to me but I wonder about its effectiveness on swinging streamers in Ohio. The water I fish there is generally 3 feet or so deep and pretty swift. I have always used a floating line with lots of lead to get the flies down to the bottom. Would the intermediate line work. I've thought about the multi-tip lines and like the idea. Have any of you tried them. How happy have you been with them. Sorry for the multitude of questions but I have never fished a sinking line before. Rocket science has always confused me.

[Danoinark]

Another thought would be a sinking leader. Those made by Air flo and Cabelas.

Attached to your floating line and with just a couple feet of tippet serve me well.

They are made in various sinking configurations. Heck of a lot cheaper than a new

8wt line. Also they are easier to cast.

Dano

[trout fanatic]

Thanks for the tip Dano. I am going to get a new 8 weight line anyway so I am just bouncing different ideas around. But it just so happens I have an old floating 8 weight layin around just beggin to be played with so I think I will get some Rio T-8 and cut it to different lengths and see what happens

[trout fanatic]

Well, my internet searches took care of my little problem and I thought I would post the results on this thread. I went to flyandfloatfishing.com (sorry, I don't know how to drop the link for you) and clicked on videos. Voila!! about the 5th video down was a very detailed description on how to build a sink tip in easy to understand segments. Hope this helps someone else