Elite Skagit Max Launch
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RIO Elite Skagit Max Launch Shooting Head
Smooth casting Skagit heads, perfectly balanced for the appropriate sink tips
- Built with RIO's exceptionally slick, durable SlickCast coating Ultra-low stretch ConnectCore
- Taper designed to perfectly match typical Skagit tips for exceptionally smooth energy transfer from head to tip to fly
- Sophisticated body design and taper gives long flight times and effortless distance
- Complete series of heads with varying lengths and small size increments
RIO Skagit Max Launch heads deliver the power needed to cast large flies and sinking tips more elegantly than ever before. The unique weight distribution deeply loads rods for long, powerful casts, while the refined taper design generates incredibly smooth loops which transition seamlessly from head to tip to fly. The low stretch core gives incredible levels of sensitivity when casting and fishing, and provides enhanced detection of takes, more positive hook sets, and far greater control when playing a fish.
In addition, this line is built with SlickCast, creating the slickest, most durable coating on the market—producing the least amount of friction ever measured in a fly line.
Technologies:
ConnectCore
ConnectCore is RIO’s ultra-low stretch core (maximum 6%) used in coldwater fly lines that provides incredibly sensitivity and control when casting and fishing.
SlickCast
SlickCast creates the slickest, most durable coating on the market – producing the least amount of friction ever measured on a fly line.
RIO’s printed line marking system that allows anglers to quickly and easily identify each line.
A neat, bulletproof loop welded at the front of the fly line for fast Spey-specific rigging.
A neat, bulletproof loop welded at the end of the fly line for fast rigging to backing.
| Line Size | Line Color | Head Length | Sink Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400gr | 6wt | Aqua/Blue | 23ft (7m) | Float | |
| 425gr | 6wt | Aqua/Blue | 23ft (7m) | Float | |
| 450gr | 6/7wt | Aqua/Blue | 23ft (7m) | Float | |
| 475gr | 7wt | Aqua/Blue | 23ft (7m) | Float | |
| 500gr | 7wt | Aqua/Blue | 23ft (7m) | Float | |
| 525gr | 7/8wt | Aqua/Blue | 23ft (7m) | Float | |
| 550gr | 8wt | Aqua/Blue | 23ft (7m) | Float | |
| 575gr | 8wt | Aqua/Blue | 24ft (7.3m) | Float | |
| 600gr | 8/9wt | Aqua/Blue | 24ft (7.3m) | Float | |
| 625gr | 9wt | Aqua/Blue | 24ft (7.3m) | Float | |
| 650gr | 9wt | Aqua/Blue | 25ft (7.6m) | Float | |
| 675gr | 9/10wt | Aqua/Blue | 25ft (7.6m) | Float | |
| 700gr | 10wt | Aqua/Blue | 25ft (7.6m) | Float | |
| 725gr | 10/11wt | Aqua/Blue | 25ft (7.6m) | Float | |
| 750gr | 11wt | Aqua/Blue | 25ft (7.6m) | Float |
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Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402
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