03-10-2012, 04:21 AM
The butt section of the leader is the section where it connects to the line. The bigger the butt section the more capable it is to toss bigger flies. If you were to get a premade leader with 5x or 7x tippet the butt section is most likely smaller than one with a 0x tippet. Look on the leader package for the butt diameter and go with a bigger one for tossing bigger flies then tie your tippet on from there. You can make your own leader for sure but this is the simplest for starting out. Any good fly shop will help you with that.
Fluorocarbon would be better than mono for sure for this, That may be what I used, have to look at the spool, but I am so old that I just seem to remember mono off the top of my head it seems. Been using mono for 40 years rather than the last 5 or so.
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Fluorocarbon would be better than mono for sure for this, That may be what I used, have to look at the spool, but I am so old that I just seem to remember mono off the top of my head it seems. Been using mono for 40 years rather than the last 5 or so.
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