"Larry L" wrote in message
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SNIP
Mike, a couple questions/ comments
I'm currently using mainly a section or two of maxima, as butt, tied to a
tapered leader with it's butt removed ... I like stiffer butts than what I
find on tapered leaders ... this sounds very much like your, " if
necessary
with two or more sections, to
obtain the diameter and taper I require, as the knotless leader butt
sections are usually of too small a diameter" ... is it" or am I reading
your post incorrectly? If correct, then you are really using a kind of
1/2 hand tied leader, like myself, right?
That is correct.
Maxima leaders are pretty good though, I donīt usually have to change
anything, I merely add a butt section, and a leader ring at the approriate
length.
Second ... the phrase "leader ring" is entirely new to me ..... what is
this
in American english ? g
Leader ring =
http://www.sportfish-flyfishing.co.u...Tyers_964.html
In the previous, much diverted, loop thread I said I use loops, and I do
not
out of loopophilia, rather ... mainly because its the BUTT not the
tippet
that I feel the need to change to match different techniques and
conditions.
Again this sounds much like your, "With three knotless tapered leaders in
different configurations, suitably modified, I can use practically any
standard technique, and a few more besides " Are these three mainly
BUTT
differences? and you are nail knotting the correct one on as you change
conditions/ techniques even if they change several times a day ?
That is also correct. I modify the butts, and on the river I either change
the leaders, or modify the tippets as required.
Invariably the butts will not turn the leader over properly without
modification, and the tippets are not always as one wishes. This is easy and
quick to modify with the leader rings. One may also use "forcing butts", or
build "slack line leaders" and the like, merely by adding the appropriate
tippet to a previously modified leader.
One has less knots than in a knotted leader ( Amazing that!
), and one may
also use any diameter tippet as required, to force extreme turnover, extreme
drop, etc etc, merely by knotting the appropriate tippet to the ring. The
knots are secure, as they are not nylon to nylon, but nylon to ring, and
there is no need to observe the decreasing diameter rule ( Joining nylon of
widely varying diameter with blood, and other knots, is unreliable at best).
Really a very simple, versatile, effective, and cheap system.
TL
MC