On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:12:43 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:


I don't bother with it anymore. I almost always get a full season
out of a leader nail knotted directly to the fly line so the
convenience of the loops is negligible and the nail knot passes
through the guides better than the loops.

Thanks for the response, Ken.

That's kind of what I thought, but I wondered if there was some other
advantage I may be missing by not using the loops (For instance, I
don't use a strike indicator, but I've seen some that only work on
these types of leaders.)
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