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Still comfused about leader size.
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I have a 5wt. fly outfit and have read conflicting information (at least to me) about the size leader I can use. I'm mainly concerned with being able to cast streamers large enough for largemouth and smallmouth in both lakes and streams. Perhaps up to a size 4 hook and a streamer with long tail feathers.

I found a chart where the first entry says I can cast a 7.5ft. 0X leader that would allow me to cast fly sizes 1/0 - 4. The chart continues with smaller size leaders and smaller flies.

Do you folks fairly well agree with this chart, and that with practice I might be able to cast fairly large streamers on my 5wt. outfit?

(Hope the chart works properly in this post. Looks like you'll have to use the slider at the bottom to see the right side of the chart.)

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Leader Length & Size

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Tied length of each individual section – {Diameter in thousandths of an inch}

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[/size][/font]2X [font "arial"][size 1]0.008

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Still comfused about leader size. - by harryhh - 09-05-2014, 09:16 PM

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