04-01-2003, 04:27 PM
Yes that's right. Actually an 18 inch front fly is a little long.I start with about a 13 inch front leader. This gives you enough length to tie on another fly if you want to change patterns or you have lost the fly. Fill the bubble about half full so it has the resistence to hold the fly up to skitter across the riffle. Yes, I most always use a nymph on the trailer. In the lakes I don't use a front fly. I stick with a 6 foot long trailer of 2 lb test line and most always the fly is a black or red ant very sparsly tied. If you are a tier I wrap one row of 4/0 thread tagged with 4 or five turns of red just at the hooks bend. The hackle is 2-3 strands of of black darning yarn. Size #16 is the best but I like to start with size #10 and move downward as necessary.
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