RIO Ambassador Series Skagit Timberline

A Skagit head built for heavy tips and big flies. The RIO Ambassador Series Skagit Timberline is a short, powerful shooting head designed to load a two-handed rod deeply and turn over sink tips and weighted flies without a fight.

Skagit casting is about sustained anchor and load, and a short, heavy head is what makes that work in tight quarters. Where a Scandi head asks for room and a light fly, the Timberline lets you fish a T-tip and a heavy streamer off a confined bank, which is exactly the situation most western steelhead and big-water trout anglers find themselves in.

Key features

• Short, powerful Skagit taper for deep rod loading
• Designed to turn over heavy sink tips and weighted flies
• Excellent for confined casting positions with limited backcast room
• Available in 500, 540 and 580 grain
• Loop-to-loop ready for quick tip changes

Not sure which grain window fits your spey or switch rod? Call Ed's Fly Shop in Montrose. We'll match it to your rod rather than guess.