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Sonar Premium Sinking Fly Lines

The SONAR series takes your fly and puts it right in front of the fish. Whether you’re throwing streamers for trout, big flies for muskie, or even fishing stillwaters, we have the perfect sinking line for you. Get down, and stay down, with SONAR.

The SA SONAR Series was designed by anglers for anglers. Built for exploring every inch of the water column, the SONAR Series features sinking heads, full sinking lines, and even custom-cut lines for getting down as deep as you need. Constructed with our AST slickness additive, SONAR sinking technology, SA•ID line identification system, and Welded Loops, the SONAR Series is a technologically advanced set of sinking lines, built for fish of all species.
Fresh or salt water, it doesn’t matter. We have a SONAR built for the fish you’re after.

The SONAR Titan Series features lines built on our popular Titan Taper, only instead of floating, all of these sink; from fishing just beneath the surface in a small stream to dredging blue holes in the ocean, nothing helps you throw large flies better than the SONAR Titans. Each of these lines are made two-line sizes heavy; however, they are designed to be used on rods with the designated line weight. We build them oversized to help turn over large flies and chuck big casts at even bigger fish.

Stillwater angling presents its own unique challenges and demands. Fishing just below the surface with chironomids, camouflaging full-sinking lines, and fishing the hang are all aspects of stillwater angling we’ve addressed with our SONAR Stillwater Series. Featuring our AST slickness additive, along with the Seamless Density and Clear Camo technologies, lines in our SONAR Stillwater family are designed to catch fish in lakes and reservoirs all over the world.

 

Sonar Titan Sink Tip

So you know where the fish are holding. You’ve done your research. But you just don’t know how deep they are. Luckily, the SONAR Titan Sink Tip fly line offers a variety of solutions for all of your depth-finding needs. Just below the surface? Try the Sink 3. Holding steady in the shadowy depths? Get the Sink 6. Experimentation is the name of the game, so maybe it makes sense to try them both. Built on our popular Titan profile to allow you to turn over even the biggest streamers while you’re searching for the biggest fish.

Features:

Colours: Willow/Moss/Pale Green (Int.), Willow/Moss/Dark Green (S3 - shown) or Willow/Moss/Black (S6)

Line weight Head length Tip Length Total length Grain weight
WF5F/S 43.0' 8.0' 105.0' 185
WF6F/S 43.0' 10.0' 105.0' 210
WF7F/S 43.0' 12.0' 105.0' 240
WF8F/S 43.0' 14.0' 105.0' 280
WF9F/S 43.0' 16.0' 105.0' 330
WF10F/S 43.0' 16.0' 105.0' 380

 

New for 2024

Sonar Titan Sink Tip Mini

Features a warmwater construction, which makes it a great option for fishing subsurface on hot days or when targeting warmwater species. The 5’ sink 5 tip excels at fishing relatively shallow, but keeping flies subsurface.  It also works great with divers and poppers, as the sink tip imparts more commotion and grip with the fly.

Features:

Colours: Pale Yellow/Shad Blue/Charcoal

Line weight Head length Tip Length Total length Grain weight
WF4F/S 43.0' 5.0' 105.0' 160
WF5F/S 43.0' 5.0' 105.0' 185
WF6F/S 43.0' 5.0' 105.0' 210
WF7F/S 43.0' 5.0' 105.0' 240
WF8F/S 43.0' 5.0' 105.0' 280
WF9F/S 43.0' 5.0' 105.0' 330

 

Sonar Titan 3D Intermediate/Sink 2/Sink 3

Get this: we took one of our most popular tapers, the Titan, drenched it in various mixtures of tungsten powder, and created a triple-density sinking fly line that will absolutely change the way you fish streamers forever. This is a fully tapered sinking line, so it casts like a floater, but provides a straight-line sinking connection to your streamer. The days of chucking and ducking are finally over. Welcome to the triple-density revolution.

Features:

Colour: Pale Green/Blue/Dark Green

Line weight Head length Total length Grain weight
WF6S 33.5' 105.0' 210
WF7S 33.5' 105.0' 240
WF8S 33.5' 105.0' 280
WF9S 33.5' 105.0' 330
WF10S 33.5' 105.0' 380
WF11S 33.5' 105.0' 450
WF12S 33.5' 105.0' 500

 

Sonar Titan 3D Intermediate/Sink 3/Sink 5

Get this: we took one of our most popular tapers, the Titan, drenched it in various mixtures of tungsten powder, and created a triple-density sinking fly line that will absolutely change the way you fish streamers forever. This is a fully tapered sinking line, so it casts like a floater, but provides a straight-line sinking connection to your streamer. The days of chucking and ducking are finally over. Welcome to the triple-density revolution.

Features:

Colour: Pale Green/Olive/Charcoal

Line weight Head length Total length Grain weight
WF6S 33.5' 105.0' 210
WF7S 33.5' 105.0' 240
WF8S 33.5' 105.0' 280
WF9S 33.5' 105.0' 330
WF10S 33.5' 105.0' 380
WF11S 33.5' 105.0' 450

 

Sonar Titan 3D Sink 3/Sink 5/Sink 7

Get this: we took one of our most popular tapers, the Titan, drenched it in various mixtures of tungsten powder, and created a triple-density sinking fly line that will absolutely change the way you fish streamers forever. This is a fully tapered sinking line, so it casts like a floater, but provides a straight-line sinking connection to your streamer. The days of chucking and ducking are finally over. Welcome to the triple-density revolution.

Features:

Colour: Olive/Charcoal/Black

Line weight Head length Total length Grain weight
WF8S 33.5' 105.0' 280
WF9S 33.5' 105.0' 330
WF10S 33.5' 105.0' 380
WF11S 33.5' 105.0' 450
WF12S 33.5' 105.0' 500

 

Sonar Titan Tropical/Jungle Clear Tip

Who says you can’t be stealthy when you’re chucking streamers and poppers in the heat? The SONAR Titan Tropical Clear Tip fly line provides all the advantages of our Titan taper—easy loading and effortless turnover to name a few—and tops it off with an intermediate sinking clear head. When your quarry has eyes the size of dinner plates (almost), every little bit of stealth helps.

Features:

Colour: Sand/Horizon/Clear

Line weight Head length Total length Grain weight
WF7F/S 33.3' 105.0' 240
WF8F/S 33.5' 105.0' 280
WF9F/S 33.5' 105.0' 330
WF10F/S 33.5' 105.0' 380
WF11F/S 33.5' 105.0' 450
WF12F/S 33.5' 105.0' 500

 

Sonar Titan Full Intermediate

With a name like Titan, this line promises big things. Luckily, it does more than deliver. The Sonar Titan Full Intermediate fly line is designed to manhandle even the largest flies, and with its intermediate density, it allows you to fish your most heinous flies just below the surface. Right where they need to be.

Features:

Colour: Blue/Pale Green

Line weight Head length Total length Grain weight
WF6I 33.5' 105.0' 210
WF7I 33.5' 105.0' 240
WF8I 33.5' 105.0' 280
WF9I 33.5' 105.0' 330
WF10I 33.5' 105.0' 380
WF11I 33.5' 105.0' 450
WF12I 33.5' 105.0' 500

 

Sonar Titan Big Water Taper Max Sink

In designing our SONAR Big Water Taper series, we had one specific goal in mind: to create the world’s strongest fly line. Built on the industry’s first 100-lb. monofilament core, the Sonar Titan BWT Max Sink is built for the blue-water beasts of your dreams (or nightmares). With a super-fast sinking head and a core capable of pulling semi trucks from the depths (hyperbole), this is a line for 15-weight rods and fish that weigh more than you do.

Features:

Colour: Surf/Black

Grain weight Head length Total length Line weight
500 31.0' 105.0' 11-13
700 31.0' 105.0' 13-15

 

Sonar Titan Big Water Taper Intermediate

Every now and then, we come up with something in our lab that has the potential to change fly fishing forever. The SONAR Titan Big Water Taper is one of those creations. Built on the industry’s first 100-lb. monofilament core, the Titan BWT is the world’s strongest fly line and can handle even the world’s largest game fish. Arapaima? Check. Giant Trevally? Double check. If you’ve got a bucket list full of huge fish, we’ve got your line right here.

Features:

Colour: Conch Tan/Surf

Grain weight Head length Total length Line weight
450 33.0' 105.0' 10-12

 

Sonar Sink 30 Clear

So part of the equation is getting flies in front of fish. The next part is not spooking them while doing so. Our Sonar Sink 30 Clear fly line offers the same casting benefits of the Sonar Sink 30 taper, but substitutes a 30' slow-sinking clear head. When stealth isn’t an option, the best choice is to go clear.

Features:

Colour: Aqua/Clear

Grain weight Head length Total length Line weight
200 30.0' 105.0' 6-7
250 30.0' 105.0' 7-8
300 30.0' 105.0' 8-9
350 30.0' 105.0' 9-10
400 30.0' 105.0' 11-12

 

Sonar Trout Express

Sometimes the biggest trout live where back casts aren’t your best friend. Sonar Trout Express has a short, rear weighted head that excels at roll casting large streamers in tight spaces.

Features:

Colour: Pale Yellow/Light Blue/Charcoal

Grain weight Head length Total length Line weight
165 29.0' 105.0' 4-5
185 29.0' 105.0' 5-6
210 29.0' 105.0' 6-7
240 29.0' 105.0' 7-8
275 29.0' 105.0' 8-9
320 29.0' 105.0' 9-10

 

Sonar Sink 25 Cold

When it comes to fishing streamers in cold water, it’s difficult to beat the SONAR Sink 25. Designed with a short 25' fast-sinking head, the Sink 25 sinking fly line gets flies deep extremely quickly and is paired with a large diameter handling section for excellent line control. When it’s time to get down and dirty, the Sink 25 has your back.

Features:

Colour: Moss/Charcoal

Grain weight Head length Total length Line weight
150 25.0' 105.0' 5-6
200 25.0' 105.0' 6-7
250 25.0' 105.0' 7-8
300 25.0' 105.0' 8-9
350 25.0' 105.0' 9-10

 

 

Sonar Grand Slam Clear Tip

Tarpon. Bonefish. Permit. All in one day. All on one line. That’s the idea behind the Mastery Grand Slam, a fly line designed specifically to help you achieve one of angling’s most elusive accomplishments. We’ve taken our most popular saltwater taper and added a clear intermediate tip for ultra wary fish.

Features:

Colour: Pale Yellow/Sand/Clear

Line weight Head length Total length Grain weight
WF6F/I 40.0' 100.0' 175
WF7F/I 40.0' 100.0' 205
WF8F/I 40.0' 100.0' 235
WF9F/I 40.0' 100.0' 270
WF10F/I 40.0' 100.0' 320
WF11F/I 40.0' 100.0' 365
WF12F/I 40.0' 100.0' 435

 

Sonar Saltwater Intermediate

It’s not very often you’ll need to fish topwater flies in the salt. That’s where an intermediate line comes in handy. The SONAR Saltwater Intermediate fly line features a slow-sinking clear head that cuts through the surface and provides an amazing amount of stealth for those wary fish cruising the flats. From redfish and bonefish to permit and tarpon, give yourself an edge that fish won’t be able to see.

Features:

Colour: Ocean Blue/Clear

Line weight Head length Total length Grain weight
WF7I 38.0' 105.0' 200
WF8I 38.0' 105.0' 225
WF9I 38.0' 105.0' 260
WF10I 41.0' 105.0' 305
WF11I 41.0' 105.0' 355
WF12I 41.0' 105.0' 415

 

Sonar Camo Intermediate

This line has fall stripers written all over it. Built on our coldwater camouflage it will get you on the blitz with out the tangles.

Features:

Colour: Blue/Camo

Line weight Head length Total length Grain weight
WF8I 49.0' 105.0' 225
WF9I 50.0' 105.0' 260
WF10I 51.0' 105.0' 305

 

Sonar Musky

Designed for targeting powerful, aggressive fish in moderate water temperatures. Handles the largest, bulkiest flies with ease and gets them deep in the water column. Impoundment Murray Cod, anyone? Kingfish around channel markers?

Features:

Colour: Northwoods Green/Charcoal

Grain weight Head length Total length Line weight
350 25.0' 90.0' 8-9
400 25.0' 90.0' 9-10
450 30.0' 90.0' 10-11
500 30.0' 90.0' 11-12

 

Sonar Surf

Cast out and get down with the Sonar Surf. Designed with a 27’ Sink 6 head the Sonar Surf is THE ideal line for single and double hand rods in the surf.

Features:

Colour: Surf/Black

Grain weight Head length Total length Line weight
200 27.0' 105.0' 7-8
250 27.0' 105.0' 8-9
300 27.0' 105.0' 9-10

 

Sonar Deepwater Express Shooting Taper

The ultimate heavy-duty sinking shooting head. For offshore big-game species. Simply attach the running line of your choice.

Features:

Colour: Black

Grain weight Head length Total length Line weight
850 30.0' 30.0' 14+

 

Sonar 3D Custom Tip

Combining our custom tip series of fly lines and triple density Sonar technology will keep you in the zone longer. Fly anglers are nothing if not inventive. From splicing together lines to weighing coils on a digital scale, finding the perfect sinking line can be a chore. The SONAR 3D Custom Tip sinking fly line makes all of that much, much easier. This cut-to-fit fly line allows you to slice off as much line as you need to fit everything from a 7-weight through a 15-weight.

Features:

Colour: Surf/Dark Green/Black

Line weight Head length Total length Grain weight
Cut-to-fit 35.0' 105.0' 462 (uncut)

 

Sonar Tropical/Jungle Custom Tip

Fly anglers are nothing if not inventive. From splicing together lines to weighing coils on a digital scale, finding the perfect sinking line can be a chore. The Sonar Tropical Custom Tip sinking fly line makes all of that much, much easier. This cut-to-fit fly line allows you to slice off as much line as you need to fit everything from a 7-weight through a 15-weight.

Features:

Colour: Blue/Black

Line weight Head length Total length Grain weight
Cut-to-fit 35.0' 105.0' 462 (uncut)

 

Sonar Stillwater Hover

One day, long ago, in a kingdom far, far away, we dreamed up a line that would sink, but not sink too much, one that would simply hover beneath the surface. Fast forward thousands of years and the SONAR Stillwater Hover sinking fly line was born. Built with an extra-slow sink rate, the Hover is downright nasty when it comes to fishing streamers with a slow retrieve. It’s a legend, at least in our own minds.

Features:

Colour: Pale Green/Surf

Line weight Head length Total length Grain weight
WF5H 37.5' 105.0' 160
WF6H 39.5' 105.0' 185
WF7H 41.5' 105.0' 210

 

 

Sonar Stillwater Clear Camo

How can something be clear and camouflaged? That’s easy. We took a mottled core, doused it with our new, supple clear coating, and we had the Sonar Stillwater Clear Camo. Designed for the unique demands of stillwater angling, the Clear Camo simply disappears beneath the surface, and features a slow, intermediate sink rate to tempt fish sitting just below the chop.

Features:

Colour: Camo

Line weight Head length Total length Grain weight
WF4I 35.5' 105.0' 140
WF5I 37.5' 105.0' 160
WF6I 39.5' 105.0' 185
WF7I 41.5' 105.0' 210
WF8I 43.5' 105.0' 240

 

 

Sonar Stillwater Clear Emerger Tip

When fishing stillwaters, midges are important flies. Just as important is the element of stealth. The Sonar Stillwater Emerger Tip addresses both of these factors handily.

Designed for tossing multiple flies and long leaders to wary fish cruising just beneath the surface, the Emerger Tip’s floating running line and short, clear intermediate tip allows anglers to fish with supreme line control and just enough stealth to get the job done.

Features:

Colour: Orange/Light Olive/Clear

Line weight Head length Total length Grain weight
WF6F/I 39.5' 105.0' 185
WF7F/I 41.5' 105.0' 210

 

 

Sonar Stillwater Seamless Density

The Sonar Stillwater Seamless Density lines are a unique departure from the traditional graduated density lines of years past. With a variety of double-density sinking rates and a smooth, seamless transition between each, the Sonar Stillwater Seamless Density lines provide straightline connections to subsurface flies, meaning you’re in control of the fly every second it’s in the water.

Features:

Colours: Pale Green/Dark Green (S1/S3), Dark Green/Charcoal (S3/S5) or Charcoal/Black (S5/S7 - shown)

Line weight Head length Total length Grain weight Sink rates
WF4S 35.5' 105.0' 160 S1/S3
WF5S 35.5' 105.0' 185 1/S3, S3/S5
WF6S 35.5' 105.0' 210 1/S3, S3/S5, S5/S7
WF7S 35.5' 105.0' 240 1/S3, S3/S5, S5/S7
WF8S 35.5' 105.0' 280 S5/S7

 

 

Sonar Stillwater Parabolic Sink

Sure, the Sonar Stillwater Parabolic Sink sounds scientific, and that’s because it is. These lines sink in a U-shape through the water column, suspending flies just above the bottom and creating enticing action with each strip. Built with 10- and 20-foot textured hang markers, these lines are a stillwater angler’s dream and something many fish will never have seen before.

Features:

Colour: Dark Green/Charcoal/Dark Green

Line weight Head length Total length Grain weight
WF5S 35.5' 105.0' 185
WF6S 35.5' 105.0' 210
WF7S 35.5' 105.0' 240

 

 

Sonar Booby Tip

Booby flies are particularly effective in stillwater fishing situations. However, they need unique setups to fish them properly. We created a 5-foot floating Booby Tip that attaches to the end of any sinking fly line with a loop-to-loop connection, providing enough flotation to suspend Booby flies just above the bottom, away from any snags, right where the fish will be looking for them.

Features:

Colour: Blue Heron

Grain weight Head length Total length Line weight
25 5.0' 5.0' N/A

 

 

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