RIO Elite Skagit Pickpocket

Compact Skagit Head for Tight Water
A shorter must have Skagit Head when fishing runs with conflicting currents that prevent your standard Skagit head from swinging properly.  The perfect scenario for the Pickpocket would be when your floating Skagit head swings the run and looks like a snake swimming across the run. The Pickpocket solves this and helps slow down your presentation. Absolutely a great addition to your arsenal. Think also of winter steelhead fishing in colder water temps, where slowing down can make all the difference.

• Steal casts in tight quarters: a compact 20' head that loads instantly when backcast room is scarce.
• Built to turn over heavy tips and big flies with a powerful taper modeled after Elite Skagit Max.
• Multi-Density Control reduces the “hinge” from head to tip for smoother energy transfer and better depth control in mixed currents.

RIO's Elite Skagit Pickpocket heads are the perfect delivery system for casting heavy sink tips and efficiently getting down in the water column when fishing the bottom is of utmost importance.

The heads feature RIO's Multi Density Control - a seamless blend of three different densities that removes the hinge point from head to sink tip, ensures the smoothest transition of energy when casting, and provides the very best depth control when fishing variable currents of pools, runs, and pocket water. With the ability to swing under conflicting surface currents and slow your fly down in colder water conditions, maximum control is best achieved with these sinking heads vs a floating head configuration. In addition, mending control is heightened when using sinking heads, as you can adjust the rear floating section without moving the sinking portions of the line closer to the fly.

Now featuring a S3/S5/S7 “Dredger” configuration in the most popular winter fishing grain weights of 525gr and 600gr, for the ultimate performance in getting the fly to the bottom quickly and keeping it there throughout the entire swing.

- Head lengths are relatively short, making them easier to lift at the end of a swing for the next cast

- Powerful taper modeled after the Elite Skagit Max

- Power turns over the heaviest tips and flies

- Multi-Density Control maintains a straight line connection while allowing flies to sink below fast and turbulent surface current

SKU	UPC	Head Weight	Head Length	Color	Sink Rate
6-18045	730884180450	425gr	20ft (6.1m)	Black/Gray/Salmon/Blue	F/I/S3
6-18046	730884180467	450gr	20ft (6.1m)	Black/Gray/Salmon/Blue	F/I/S3
6-19830	730884198301	475gr	20ft (6.1m)	Black/Gray/Salmon/Blue	F/I/S3
6-19831	730884198318	500gr	20ft (6.1m)	Black/Gray/Salmon/Blue	F/I/S3
6-19832	730884198325	525gr	20ft (6.1m)	Black/Gray/Salmon/Blue	F/I/S3
6-19833	730884198332	550gr	20ft (6.1m)	Black/Gray/Salmon/Blue	F/I/S3
6-19834	730884198349	575gr	20ft (6.1m)	Black/Gray/Salmon/Blue	F/I/S3
6-19835	730884198356	600gr	20ft (6.1m)	Black/Gray/Salmon/Blue	F/I/S3
6-19836	730884198363	525gr	20ft (6.1m)	Black/Blue	S3/S5/S7
6-19837	730884198370	600gr	20ft (6.1m)	Black/Blue	S3/S5/S7

I love these heads for winter Steelhead.  At 20', they cast very well on shorter rods and really slow your swing down to a crawl.  And do not be afraid of the Sink 3/Sink 5/Sink 7 dredger.  When you really need to get down and stay down, this head does the job.  It casts surprisingly well for how heavy it is.....just don't let your anchor settle too long before you go! - Charlie (GFS)


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