Daniel-San wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote ...
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No, not the big bugs. I use tapered leaders rather than flat mono
because sometimes I'll throw something other than a big bug.

Sure sounds like a reasonable thing.

Maybe a better question would be and what point in the fly size range do you
find the use of tapered leaders loses value? Or going the other way, when do
they become required? Seems to me, the need is more a function of precision
required in the cast, than size. Am I wrong?

It's not the size of the fly per se, it's how much wind it eats.
A streamlined hopper of the same size as a Dahlberg Diver will
cast much differently. With the Diver a tapered leader isn't
necessary, all you can hope to do is plop it somewhere, but if
you want the hopper to land somewhere close to where you're aiming
a tapered leader is better than flat mono.

So, you're absolutely right.

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Ken Fortenberry