mdk77 wrote:

I've been fishing RIO Knotless Tapered Leaders in 7.5' 5x size, all
season with good results. Recently I purchased the same RIO Knotless
Tapered Leaders but in 9' 7x size. These leaders were a nightmare to
fish. They had a real bad "memory" problem and coiled up no matter
what I did to get them straight. Why would these have the problem
when the 7.6 5x were fine?

Is there anything I can do to get these leaders to straighten out and
"lose" the memory?

Is there a better brand/model of tapered leaders that I should be
buying instead of Rio?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. I was really
surprised by this.


it's the 7x. i use the rio 9' 4x...then cut and tie tippet as necessary
for conditions. no memory problems...except 6x tippet will kink and coil
easily. though i've fiddled with 7x, 6x is usually as low as i go. most
often use 5x...except on places like the madison, where 4x is necessary
to bully the big fish out of the fast waters.

jeff