Understanding Modern Fly Fishing Leaders
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- Modern Fly Fishing leaders are built with long and heavy tapers to help people who struggle with casting. However, they are not built for achieving a drag-free drift when nymphing under and indicator. This helps explain why
Thanks for sharing - great explanation.
Great video , I can't believe that your channel doesn't have 100k+ subs
Jude makes very professional videos, does a good job of communicating his message, and is an excellent fly tier.
IMHO, he could get to 100k subscribers with more content available.
If you gain something from them, like & subscribe like I did. Simple. lol
Ok Jude, get busy! We want to see a minimum of 5 new videos per week!!
Maybe one day! Thank you for the kind words
Great info here, Jude! Makes total sense. Drag is the enemy! Please do a video where you build a leader with your preferred formula for indicator fishing.
Thanks Jude, Great info..
Glad it was helpful!
I still remember from the late 60s when they would show you how to tie your own leader with different sizes of leader material. Field and Stream
100% Great stuff once again.... in a good number of situations, an indicator on a euro rig is a great solution. Unless you are casting long distances. :) I know I know... I just cant help myself, Ha ! Love the content !
Thanks, maybe the info you provided (first part about the butt section), is helpful for nymphing or indicator rigs, but for some of us that don’t fish that way, it doesn’t apply the same. For casting, you want a relatively even transition, so the leader butt should be closer to the diameter and stiffness of the end of your fly line. Thats why most leader formulas for home-made blood knot leaders (and competition casters too) start with 30 lb. Maxima for the butt section. I have been building and fishing my blood knot Maxima leaders for years and the casting is absolutely wonderful, very accurate presentation, puts the fly where I want it. Sure, maybe not the best for nymphing or indicator fishing, but so much better for casting and general fishing than any store-bought leaders (yes I still have those for emergency spares). Most store bought leaders have very poor durability and knot strength, and the taper is too abrupt, not gradual enough for good casting. These hand built leaders are better for beginner casters too, they will be more forgiving. You just have to get the blood knots done right, it takes practice but I never have them fail on me. I use different formulas if I fish with sinking lines or do any nymphing. For most store bought leaders, cut off the tippet just below the taper and use a surgeons knot (or Orvis Tippett knot which is really better) to tie on a durable tippet material with good knot strength, that’s the only way I will fish them because the original tippet is usually such poor quality.
Yeah, most of my stuff is Nymphing related because so much of the fishing we do out here in indicator fishing, but you’re right about using a more powerful butt section to more accurately transfer the energy when fishing dries, or a dry dropper. I wish those techniques would work consitantly on our river!
Hey, can you please make a video on how to perform the double haul? Thank you!!!!!
I don't like thick butt sections on my leaders. For one, I use the nail knot to attach leader to fly line and a thick, stiff butt section would make this a pain. For example, on the RIO Suppleflex 9 foot 4X, the butt section's diameter is 0.508mm as far as I know. Their longer leaders have even thicker butt sections. On the other hand, Frog Hair's Supple Butt/Supple Tip Dry Fly Slack Leader ( FSL1-12 ) has 0.381mm butt section for their 11.5 foot leader. It's much easer to attach it to my fly line. I mainly nymph and use the Frog Hair leader almost exclusively.
You bring up a great point because there still are those of us out there who like to nail knot leaders instead of using the loop-to-loop
Is there a reason to use the sSA 40 lb swivel instead of the smaller SA 25lb? Thanks
I use the smallest barrel swivels I can find