Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Simple Leaders

As most of you regulars know:) I am a certified knot, tippet and leader natzi....I've posted my leader formula on here a couple times...use the search tool on the right side bars to find it....but I have come up with a new simple recipe which works just fine for nymph fishing and most situations. The 20 and 15 lb test is trilene big game clear mono...the 10lb is ande clear....then I use actual tippet material for the 2 and 4X (although you could use ande 8 and 6 lb)....Here are the recipes: 9' 4X= 20lb / 36"...15lb / 24"...10lb / 12"....2X / 8"...4X / 28" (tippet) And for small mountain stream with little short rods a 7' 4X = 20lb / 24"....15lb / 16"...10lb / 12"...2X / 8"....4X / 24" The high tech places like the Battenkill or in low water small flies in the flats....I will use the old formula and add butt section (the 20lb) section to grow it to 12 or 14 feet....Thanks for the view and be careful out there... the rocks are getting slippery!