Long tapered leaders

"rw" wrote



In rare spring-creek conditions it might be necessary, but not usually.



My 'typical' spring creek leader is about 10 foot including tippet ....
sometimes I go to 7 foot or less, to get back into undercut banks and
overhanging grass ..... the only time I go longer is if it is impossible
to cast from any place except directly down stream and conditions favor
'spooky' fish ( bright sun ) .... then I cut off the taper of my standard
leader, blood knot a new one onto the long BUTT left behind, put down the
fish in question anyway, then revert back to a standard leader by cutting
off and saving the 'new leader' and re-tying on the reserved 'old leader'
..... and move on G


P.S. I never buy a bright colored fly line for spring creek use ... if
your line is fluorescent orange you may need an extra long leader to
overcome that handicap