A COMPARISON OF AIRFLO AND RIO SHOOTING HEADS***
Source	AFFTA	AFFTA	Airflo	Rio	Airflo	Rio	SA
Line Designation	Shooting Heads	Short Belly	Scandi Compact**	Scandi Flight Shooting Head**	Skagit Compact**	Skagit Flight Shooting Head**	Guideline for Tip Weight Selection
Head lengths*	30-50'	55'	28-33'	31.5-40.5'	22.5-27.5'	24-31'	10-15'
Weight point	40'	55'	Full Head	Full Head	Full Head	Full Head
Line Weight*	grains	grains	grains	grains	grains	grains	grains
5			240-300	300	360
6	250	420	330-360	340	390-420	425	80
7	300	470	390-420	400	450	450	120
8	360	530	450-510	460	480-510	475-500	120
9	430	600	540	520	540-600	550-600	160
10	510	680		580	630-660	625-650	160-200
11	600	770		640	720	700-750	200
12	700	870
*Note 1a: Head length and weight includes the belly as well as the front and back tapers
*Note 1b: When a cheater is employed with a Skagit head, the cheater weight and length should be added to the selected head to assign the head length and weight
**Note 2a: The leader length for Scandi heads should be 1.5 imes the rod length to provide an adequate anchor
**Note 2b The length of Scandi and Skagit heads should be 2.5 to 3.2 times the rod length with the large factor applying to longer rods. For some people a factor of 2.7 is regarded as optimal for Skagit rods.
***Note: Since no standards have been established for Scandi and Skagit heads, the manufactured head weights have been shown in reference to the AFFTA shooting head and the short belly spey head weight standards to help understand Scandi and Skagit head weights in the context of known spey standards. The Rio Skagit line numbers have been inferred from the Airflo assignments
Note: With regards to the grain wndow often declared on today's rods, the maximum grain weight cited on the rod includes the head weight , cheater weight, and the tip weight (see the last column) for Skagit line systems