08-04-2013, 06:09 PM
You are going to get answers all over the board here because I beleive it all comes down to personal preference... I stopped using tapered leaders and have since switched to furled leaders. I have been using the same leaders for over 4 months and they show no signs of wearing down. (Thanks flygoddess!) So I personally use flouro for most of my fishing. I just add 3-5 ft of tippet depending on if I'm fishing dries or wets, I prefer to attach it with an improved clinch knot to the furled leader, they have a metal loop at the end that makes it super easy. I personally like 4x for streamer and 5x for nymphing and most of the time 6x sometimes 5x for dries. Depends on the water I'm fishing. I like to think the invisibility of the line gets rid of the worry of the fish seeing your line, seems to make sense to me.
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