02-28-2014, 12:19 AM
[quote flygoddess]I never tie off the band of the fly. I take 8' of fluoro, fold it in half with one side longer so one side is 5' and the other 3'. Put a loop in the end and loop to loop them to the fly line. Big fly on the longer and small fly on short. Catch a lot of doubles, but really shortens the learning curve to find what they want. And I am as old as dirt[
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Is that a process you have to do every time as the the line wears down or just add to it . I usually run about 6 foot of leader off the butt leader loop to loop, then add about 3-4 foot of line tied with a surgeons knot with about eighteen inches of tag .So I end up with a 3-4 footer ,and an 18 incher. Basically around 5-6 foot of leader change when they wear down. As they wear out from changing flies I just add another 3-4 foot with the tag ,eventually the 6 foot wears down from adding line, but that takes quite awhile, so basically the 6 footer is pretty permanent. I am always at least 9-10 foot from my fly line on the bottom fly, naturally 18 inches to two foot closer on the top fly.
Maybe I am not understanding your method ,but it sounds like you are only five feet of leader ,with the shorter one being only 3 foot from the fly line . Also curious as to what knot you use to tie that loop on a doubled up line. Got a good idea ,but could be wrong [
] I was wrong once before, but you know how that saying goes [] If you are older then dirt ,what does that make me, now be gentle []
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][/quote]Is that a process you have to do every time as the the line wears down or just add to it . I usually run about 6 foot of leader off the butt leader loop to loop, then add about 3-4 foot of line tied with a surgeons knot with about eighteen inches of tag .So I end up with a 3-4 footer ,and an 18 incher. Basically around 5-6 foot of leader change when they wear down. As they wear out from changing flies I just add another 3-4 foot with the tag ,eventually the 6 foot wears down from adding line, but that takes quite awhile, so basically the 6 footer is pretty permanent. I am always at least 9-10 foot from my fly line on the bottom fly, naturally 18 inches to two foot closer on the top fly.
Maybe I am not understanding your method ,but it sounds like you are only five feet of leader ,with the shorter one being only 3 foot from the fly line . Also curious as to what knot you use to tie that loop on a doubled up line. Got a good idea ,but could be wrong [
] I was wrong once before, but you know how that saying goes [] If you are older then dirt ,what does that make me, now be gentle [][signature]