Does anyone build their own leaders?

Karl Rove has had some luck in that line.....

JR

Randy wrote in :

Hey all,

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

TIA,

Randy



Advantages--

You get exactly what you make

Disadvantages-

Can be time consuming
Knots can attract garbage
You get exactly what you make

Scott

"Randy" wrote in message
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Hey all,

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

TIA,

Randy

Not anymore. I only use tapered Riverage Flourcarbon 12" leaders for all my
use. Both dryfly, nymph and for sal****er. I only attach a Riverage
Flourcarbon tip to the tapered leader. Thats it. Keep it simple )


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In article , Randy
wrote:

Hey all,

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

For dry fly work there isn't much point in rolling your own. I, like, I
think, many other roffians, use a tapered leader one lb. weight heavier
than the point I'll be fishing - so often a 4lb. tapered leader. To
that I tie a foot or three of 3 lb. mono. You keep snipping the tippet
shorter and shorter until you have to attach another one.

There are more reasons for making your own if you are, say, fishing a
team of wet flies from a clinker-built boat in a good wave on one of
the great loughs of the west of Ireland - the Corrib, say, or Mask.

Lazarus

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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:28:53 -0800, Randy wrote:

Hey all,

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

TIA,

Randy

Buy for dry, make for wet. Saves money and I get what I want.

Now only use FC for dries (usually 9' - 5X) and add a few feet of 7X
FC to ensure a drag free drift. Found this combo to be the magic
solution to taking fish in heavily pounded waters.

For wets, streamers, and steelhead leaders, I make my sections out of
20#, 15#, 10#, and 6# Maxima Ultragreen that I buy on 250 yard spools
for about the same price as one factory FC leader.


Peter

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Visit The Streamer Page at http://www.mountaincable.net/~pcharl...ers/index.html

I tie my own nymph leaders like this:
http://www.neshannock-tu.org/instruc...ed/hinged.html

"Randy" wrote in message
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Hey all,

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

TIA,

Randy