05-04-2019, 09:14 PM
[quote Sharknado]Have a leader question when fishing Stillwater’s from a tube with intermediate sink line, do you need a tapered leader?[/quote]
As has already been said you don't need to use a tapered leader with any of the sinking lines but a tapered leader will give you better casts to extend the fly out. I used to just tie the tippet to the line and since I learned a method using a tapered leader, I like it much better. I buy a 7 1/2' 0X tapered leader to tie to the fly line. I usually cut off a couple of feet of the butt section first. Then I use either a small leader ring or tiny rolling swivel and tie it to the end. Then just tie on two or three feet of whatever weight tippet you want, I usually use 3X for all the subsurface fishing, a lot depends on the size of the fish that could be in the lake/reservoir. Using this method you only replace the tippet when it gets too short and the tapered leader will usually last a full season.
Good to see you getting the fly rod out of retirement.[
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Good luck when you go.
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As has already been said you don't need to use a tapered leader with any of the sinking lines but a tapered leader will give you better casts to extend the fly out. I used to just tie the tippet to the line and since I learned a method using a tapered leader, I like it much better. I buy a 7 1/2' 0X tapered leader to tie to the fly line. I usually cut off a couple of feet of the butt section first. Then I use either a small leader ring or tiny rolling swivel and tie it to the end. Then just tie on two or three feet of whatever weight tippet you want, I usually use 3X for all the subsurface fishing, a lot depends on the size of the fish that could be in the lake/reservoir. Using this method you only replace the tippet when it gets too short and the tapered leader will usually last a full season.
Good to see you getting the fly rod out of retirement.[
] Good luck when you go.
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