Daphne: Thanks. do you use a surgeons knot for these??? Reason i ask is
because I had a tapered leader I found last night that had only about 3 ft
left on it, and that section was probably 20 pound test.. I tried to tie a
10# to it, to which I was gonna tie a 6# then a 4# tippet.. But the 20# was
soo stiff, the knot just came lose.. I spit on it, I tried it dry,
everything I knew to do, and it still came loose.. Thanks, Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daphne Forster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Lefty Kreh's tapered mono leaders
Chuck,
I make most of my saltwater leaders like that, and have have never had one
break at the knots. The do turn over well, but do not work well for dry
flies because the knots drag on the surface. The only problem i have had
with them is if the sections of mono have different stiffnesses with one
of the stronger sections being limper than the lower test ones. Then, if
you are using heavy flies, the leader may not turn over because of the
limp section.
Daphne
Chuck Alexander wrote:
Folks: I am now reading the book "Advanced Fly Fishing Techniques" by
Lefty Kreh, and he explained how he makes tapered mono leaders.. Now, i
KNOW that Lefty has forgotten more about fly fishing that I have ever
learned, but the example he gave in the book, he said was for a big
saltwater leader, (hence the giant line#'s ), but the small ones would be
about the same ratios.. Anyway, he said to use, say, a surgeons knot to
join the pieces,and for say, a ten ft long leader.. start with a two ft
section of 50# mono.. tie that to a two ft piece of 40# mono, followed by
two ft of 30#, and then, a tippet of four ft of 20#.. Does anybody make
leaders like this??? Do they not break a lot with all those knots??? do
they "turn over" well??? Thanks, Chuck
