Leaders less than seven feet?
Jan 23, 2021 10:49:12 #
I do a lot of small stream fly fishing with a 7'6" 3 weight rod.
I've been thinking about shortening my leader from 7 feet down to five or six feet so I have more fly line to load the rod with.
Any thoughts?
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by john_adams_house_cat
I've been thinking about shortening my leader from 7 feet down to five or six feet so I have more fly line to load the rod with.
Any thoughts?
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by john_adams_house_cat
Jan 24, 2021 11:01:49 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
Seems like I used to start out, with maybe 4- 4&1/2 feet of leader and replace it somewhere around 30".
Jan 24, 2021 11:22:37 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
Able Man wrote:
Seems like I used to start out, with maybe 4- 4&1/2 feet of leader and replace it somewhere around 30".
I should point out, that I was targeting (and EATING) both Bass & Bluegill {what they called "Kibbies" in Massachusetts} ... I've got no real "trout-stream experience".
Jan 24, 2021 14:51:49 #
Able Man wrote:
I should point out, that I was targeting (and EATING) both Bass & Bluegill {what they called "Kibbies" in Massachusetts} ... I've got no real "trout-stream experience".
I used to do that and I always used 3 - 5 ft leader no longer , throwing little deer hair poppers under overhanging branches. Lots of fun , had some good fish fries.
Jan 24, 2021 19:03:01 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
CRKfish wrote:
I used to do that and I always used 3 - 5 ft leader no longer , throwing little deer hair poppers under overhanging branches. Lots of fun , had some good fish fries.
I used to have these wee, tiny cork poppers, that would sure put those panfish on the stringer!
Jan 24, 2021 21:22:48 #
Depends on water clarity and how hard you want your fly to land in my opinion for dry flies.
I have switched to shooting heads a couple of years back and use a section of sink tip usually T14 even if only a foot or so to add weight and load my rod properly for the type of fly or conditions I am facing. It also allows me to fly fish in tight spaces.
I have switched to shooting heads a couple of years back and use a section of sink tip usually T14 even if only a foot or so to add weight and load my rod properly for the type of fly or conditions I am facing. It also allows me to fly fish in tight spaces.
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