"riverman" wrote in message
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Leaders have a 'sweet spot' where the length is just right to turn over a
fly, present the fly well, and keep the fly far enough from the flyline to
not spook the fish. New tapered leaders are usually quite a bit longer
than
that sweet spot, so you have two choices with a brand new leader: either
fish it as is until you have cut it back a few times and it is at the
sweet
spot, or else just cut it back to the sweet spot immediately. People do
both.


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//ShowMyIgnorance = 1

I did not know that. Here I've sat... skinny, dumb, and happy....resting
easy in the knowledge that somehow the tapered leaders that I buy are
designed and manufactured to be more or less perzactly the correct taper and
length to turn over a dry fly properly after one adds a couple of feet of
tippet (allowing for some sensible calculation of tippet size vs. fly size).
Myron, you're upsetting my world view vis-a-vis flyfishing tackle. Please
'splain how one finds said sweet spot.

Damnit...cain't trust nothin no more.....

//ShowMyIgnorance = ......aw hell, let's just leave it on.......

Danl