Does anyone build their own leaders?

I use the same leader butt forever and build it from there, because I'm
cheap. Many of us here use Tectan monofilament spooled onto Rio spools
; -). Tectan, from Cabelas, isn't all that abrasion resistant but it's
cheap. As much as I like saving money, the part I really like is winding
about 150 yards of tippet onto one spool and rarely running out when I'm
fishing. My friend just gave me about 150 yards of P Line flourocarbon,
apprx. 5x, and it's pretty good stuff too.

bruce h
"Guy Thornberg" wrote in message
...
Randy,
I tied a bunch of leaders accoring to the recipes around the web and they
worked fine. Now I just tie some of this and that from heavy to light in
about the lengths I think are appropriate for the water and they work fine
too. for the tippet, I tie on the lightest line that will not break on the
rise (I hope).

Also, if in a rush, tie on a 8' or 9' tapered leader and ad the tippet
material on to the end for the length desired.

I know. Not scientific but it works fine for me.
(be sure the fly is tied to the tippet with a clean knot without any kinky
tippet material in front of the fly).
Guy

I use the same leader butt forever and build it from there, because I'm
cheap. Many of us here use Tectan monofilament spooled onto Rio spools
; -). Tectan, from Cabelas, isn't all that abrasion resistant but it's
cheap. As much as I like saving money, the part I really like is winding
about 150 yards of tippet onto one spool and rarely running out when I'm
fishing. My friend just gave me about 150 yards of P Line flourocarbon,
apprx. 5x, and it's pretty good stuff too.

bruce h
"Guy Thornberg" wrote in message
...
Randy,
I tied a bunch of leaders accoring to the recipes around the web and they
worked fine. Now I just tie some of this and that from heavy to light in
about the lengths I think are appropriate for the water and they work fine
too. for the tippet, I tie on the lightest line that will not break on the
rise (I hope).

Also, if in a rush, tie on a 8' or 9' tapered leader and ad the tippet
material on to the end for the length desired.

I know. Not scientific but it works fine for me.
(be sure the fly is tied to the tippet with a clean knot without any kinky
tippet material in front of the fly).
Guy

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:53:55 -0700, "bruiser"
wrote:

I use the same leader butt forever and build it from there, because I'm
cheap. Many of us here use Tectan monofilament spooled onto Rio spools
; -). Tectan, from Cabelas, isn't all that abrasion resistant but it's
cheap. ....

Where do you find it now that Cabelas has dropped it ?

One nice thing about Tectan is that it is thinner than any
other mono for a given lb test. But I don't know that I would
call it cheap: it's more expensive than almost all other
monos, no ?

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:53:55 -0700, "bruiser"
wrote:

I use the same leader butt forever and build it from there, because I'm
cheap. Many of us here use Tectan monofilament spooled onto Rio spools
; -). Tectan, from Cabelas, isn't all that abrasion resistant but it's
cheap. ....

Where do you find it now that Cabelas has dropped it ?

One nice thing about Tectan is that it is thinner than any
other mono for a given lb test. But I don't know that I would
call it cheap: it's more expensive than almost all other
monos, no ?

Randy I usually just buy the prepackaged leaders but was wondering
Randy what if any, are the advantages / disadvantages of "rolling
Randy your own" leaders?

Initially I used leaders made of two sections of mono, connected to
each other with loop-to-loop connections.

When I started using "gracefully thinning" leaders, I tied them myself
from the very beginning. I've never bought a ready-made tapered
leader. The original reason was the idea of using different formulas
for different tasks. I guess it's still true to some degree, but the
number of different formulas that I use has decreased somewhat since
the beginning. One of the main reasons for tying the leaders myself
now is the ability to use different diameters in the butt section of
the leader for 2wt-6wt lines.

I now tie
- basic 9' leaders with .21 butt section for my 6wt
- basic 9' leaders with .19 butt section for my 4wt
- delicate 12' dry fly leaders with .19 butt section for the 4wt
- 5'-7.5' small-stream leaders with .19 butt section for my 3wt (with
which I use a 4wt line for close-up fishing)
- 8' basic leaders with .17 butt section for my 2wt
- 12' delicate dry fly leaders with .17 butt section for the 2wt

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Charlie Choc wrote:
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:30:38 -0500, "Tim J."
wrote:

It never ceases to amaze me the lengths a roffian will go to raise an
argument. ;-)

Or the lengths some will go to have at least one post in each and
every thread. g

You're right - you should stop that, too.
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TL,
Tim
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On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 06:26:34 -0500, "Tim J"
wrote:

You're right - you should stop that, too.

I know, no way I can catch you.
--
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Charlie Choc wrote:
Tim J wrote:

You're right - you should stop that, too.

I know, no way I can catch you.

I know you are, but what am I?

"M: I came here for a good argument.
A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
A: It can be.
M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended
to establish a proposition.
A: No it isn't.
M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
A: Yes it is!
M: No it isn't!"
--
TL,
Tim
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Charlie Choc wrote:
Tim J wrote:

You're right - you should stop that, too.

I know, no way I can catch you.

I know you are, but what am I?

"M: I came here for a good argument.
A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
A: It can be.
M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended
to establish a proposition.
A: No it isn't.
M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
A: Yes it is!
M: No it isn't!"
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"GregP" wrote in message
Where do you find it now that Cabelas has dropped it ?


I didn't notice that. Dang. There's a German name on it that I can't
remember offhand but we'll find it somewhere.

One nice thing about Tectan is that it is thinner than any
other mono for a given lb test. But I don't know that I would
call it cheap: it's more expensive than almost all other
monos, no ?

Cheap compared to 30m tippett spools. It is pretty expensive for mono.

bruce h