Wolfgang wrote:

In my own case this has resulted
in ever decreasing reliance on knotless tapered leaders; they just don't do
anything very well. I do still occasionally use them because I'm too lazy
to keep myself supplied with hand tied leaders. When I do resort to them, I
always lop off a couple of feet at the tippet end and rebuild from there.
Knotless leaders are produced by a drawing process. I think the stresses
involved make the tippet end virtually worthless.

That's absurd. ALL monofilament is produced by extrusion, including the
two feet of tippet you're wasting and the other two feet you're
replacing it with. The "stresses" are the same.

BTW, please don't throw that two feet of wasted tippet onto the ground.

As often as not, I've
found them to be badly out of round and with serious flaws in the surface.

Where the hell are you buying leaders? Bob's Bait's closeout sale?

The material also tends to be considerably softer than the Maxima tippet
material I use routinely. The Maxima tippet usually cuts through the weaker
leader when I try to tie them together at small diameters.

You can buy Maxima knotless tapered leaders at Cabela's and at thousands
of other fine retail outlets around the country. Duh.

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