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Hi,

I recently was given a spool of Vintage Scientific Anglers Wet Cell Sinking line. Is this line heavy enough for trolling streamers in a lake?

Phil99EG

Could be.

What's the letters/numbers on the box?

It should have a roman numeral that designates the sink rate.

Hi Fish head,

The numbers and letters I have are WF-7-S under these numbers are Wet Cel. under this is the roman numeral II. Thanks!

Phil99EG

The lower the number the slower the sink rate. A type II is relatively slow sinking line.

I don't have experience trolling streamers from a boat (done it in a float tube) but if I had to make an educated guess ...

A II should get you down 3 to 8 feet depending on fast you troll and how much line you let out. It's a full sinking line vs just a sink tip so the more line you let out the deeper it will sink ... up to a point. You could get down a little deeper by using a long leader (12') and weighted streamers

For shallow sub surface trolling I think it will work just fine.