Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:27:15 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"
wrote:


I've never used them because of price, but have been reading some great
advantages of fluorocarbon leaders. Anyone use them, are they worth paying
the extra?
-tom



Expensive? Yes. Worth it? I believe so. I use only fc
leaders/tippets when nymphing, especially if I am using very small (20
- 26) nymphs. I have found that it is much more rugged than nylon
leaders, especially when constantly being rubbed against underwater
rocks/structure.

While some complain about the stiffness of the material, especially
when used with dry flies, I have no problems. Because fc sinks, I
apply a floatant to the tippet portion up to about six inches from
the fly.

I swear by the stuff!





I use floro when I'm going to be doing alot of nymphing but I only use
it as tippet material. I like to use a long length of tippet, about six
or seven feet tied to a very short leader, 2 to 3 feet, of standard mono.

I find it sinks easier than mono and that means you can fish deeper with
less weight. Because of that, I also especially like it for tying a
dropper off a dry.

Willi