The Airflo Skagit Intermediate is a new concept in Skagit casting that will change the game of swinging flies for anadromous fish. By building a line with a short floating rear section coupled with an intermediate body, we took the ease of casting a Skagit head and combined it with the effectiveness of an intermediate Scandi. Although we designed it originally for steelhead anglers in the Great Lakes, it's quickly becoming a viable tool for West Coast steelhead and salmon, and Atlantic salmon fishing worldwide.

Skagit Compact by Airflo

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Try casting 15' of lead core on the end of your regular Spey line and you'll quickly find its not up to the job - enter the Skagit Compact. Skagit lines were originally developed by the Steelhead rats of the Pacific North West to get flies in front of fish regardless of environment. These short high power heads have the ability to make a cast in tight confined spaces, which often means the difference between success and failure. Perfected under the watchful eye of Tom Larimer, you can understand how excited we are about the Skagit Compact.

Tom guides the mighty rivers of Oregon and Washington, so required a series of lines that allowed his clients to quickly get the hang of fishing heavy level sink tips and big articulated flies. As with any line the shorter the head the more critical the weight. By refining the taper and length of the Skagit Compacts from 23 to 27 feet depending on head weight. We've created 15 models from 360 to 810 grains in 30 grain increments that ensure you'll be able to find the perfect match for your favourite rod. So, just add a running line, a sink tip and your good to go.

Additional Information

See NEW AIRFLO SKAGIT COMPACT G2 (click here)

Designed for a smooth transition with dig. 2.5ft of intermediate material and 7.5ft of T-sink smooths out the cast and keeps you in the zone longer. Looped at both ends for easy transitions.

• Easier to cast
• Good loops
• Dial in the correct tip for where the fish are holding

Additional Information

Tips are 10 ft long

T-7 (white, 7ips)

T-10 (Orange, 8ips)

T-14 (Brown, 9ips)

T-18 (Black, 10ips)

Polyleaders by Airflo

Seven densities in 5’ ,10’ and 14’ lengths to provide complete depth control, so often essential for Salmon / Steelhead fishing. Floating leaders work well when fishing Bombers, Slow and Fast sink leaders are perfect for avoiding drag with a floating line and the Extra Super Fast sinking leader gets the fly deep quickly.

Available in 5’, 10’, & 14’ lengths, X-strong in 10’ only

This is the 2nd version of the famous Airflo Skagit Compact shooting heads that emerged about 10-years ago and took their place as one of the most popular Skagit type heads ever produced. The original Skagit Compact is still very popular with many of the worlds most knowledgeable steelhead/salmon anglers and guides.

The new G2 (generation two) is a little shorter overall than its predecessor. It has a slightly longer rear taper so that an angler can leave a little more shooting line beyond the rod tip while casting. And because of the of this lengthened rear taper the head is a little more stable in flight. The front taper has also been lengthened slightly to increase flight time and to blend more seamlessly with Airflo's wildly popular Flo Tips. This head is two colored. The rear blue part of the line has more flotation built into it so that it is more controllable while on the water.

Many angler who are familiar with the older version of the Skagit Compact will find it hard to believe that it can be improved upon. These new heads are just beginning to arrive. That is why we only have a small range of sizes. So far our tests have disclosed that the new line performs very well