Description

The RIO Elite Skagit MaxPowerreplaces the ever popular Skagit Max Short. The Skagit Max Power is great for shorter rods, and should definitely be in your head wallet for those tight casting situations where you don’t have a whole lot of room to place a D-loop. These heads carry the largest flies and the heaviest sink tips better than ever before. The taper and weight distribution ofRIO Elite Skagit MaxPower shooting heads transfers the energy from the head to the tip and through the fly to produce powerful casts with high line speed and tight loops. Skagit MaxPower heads have a low stretch core that provides a lot of sensitivity and feel from the fly to the angler. Built with SlickCast, the most durable coating on the market.

• Built with RIO’s exceptionally slick, durable SlickCast coating
• Ultra-low stretch ConnectCore
• Designed for shorter Spey rods, tight restrictions, and almost impossibly easy casting
• High grains per foot power, making it ideal for the largest flies, heaviest tips, and toughest winds
• Complete series of heads with varying lengths and small size increments

For best performance, RIO recommends attaching the following head sizes to these shooting lines sizes:

• 200gr to 450gr .024/.026Elite Metered/PowerFlex Max ShootingLine, or 25lb SlickShooter/GripShooter
• 450gr to 575gr .030/.032 Elite Metered/PowerFlex Max ShootingLine, or 35lb SlickShooter/GripShooter
• 575gr to 675gr .035/.037 Elite Metered/PowerFlex Max ShootingLine, or 44lb SlickShooter/GripShooter
• 675gr and bigger .040/.042 Elite Metered/PowerFlex Max ShootingLine, or 50lb SlickShooter/GripShooter

Head wt 350gr 375gr 400gr 425gr 450gr 475gr 500gr 525gr 550gr 575gr 600gr 625gr 650gr Rod wt* Head Length Color Sink Rate 5wt 19ft Salmon/ Blue Float 5/6wt 19ft Salmon/ Blue Float 6wt 20ft Salmon/ Blue Float 6wt 20ft Salmon/ Blue Float 6/7wt 20ft Salmon/ Blue Float 7wt 20ft Salmon/ Blue Float 7wt 20ft Salmon/ Blue Float 7/8wt 20ft Salmon/ Blue Float 8wt 20ft Salmon/ Blue Float 8wt 20ft Salmon/ Blue Float 8/9wt 20ft Salmon/ Blue Float 9wt 20ft Salmon/ Blue Float 9wt 20ft Salmon/ Blue Float

*Rod Weight designations provided by RIO and should be used as a general guide and will vary based on different manufacturers rods, as well as each angler’s casting style.