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leader set up for boat lough fishing

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  • 10-10-2016 10:24am
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    coolhandspan
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    Hi guys, quick question can someone please explain the set up used for leaders on loughs ehen fishing wets. I am using a 7 weight ten foot rod. Mostly use a 12 foot 8lb fluoro cast with about 3.5 feet between each fly. Should the cast be longer? Should i have taper/ butt section? Thanks in advance


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    Zzippy
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    coolhandspan wrote: »
    Hi guys, quick question can someone please explain the set up used for leaders on loughs ehen fishing wets. I am using a 7 weight ten foot rod. Mostly use a 12 foot 8lb fluoro cast with about 3.5 feet between each fly. Should the cast be longer? Should i have taper/ butt section? Thanks in advance

    That's pretty much what I use, except I don't like fluoro for multi-fly casts, so I use 6-8lb Maxima for wetfly. I don't have any problem with turnover when using a team of flies. I'd use a tapered leader when fishing a dry fly, especially small dries in calm conditions, to aid turnover and presentation. Usually a 9ft leader tapered to 0.2mm with maybe 3-4ft tippet of 0.1-0.2mm depending on fly size and conditions.


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    coolhandspan
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    Zzippy wrote:
    That's pretty much what I use, except I don't like fluoro for multi-fly casts, so I use 6-8lb Maxima for wetfly. I don't have any problem with turnover when using a team of flies. I'd use a tapered leader when fishing a dry fly, especially small dries in calm conditions, to aid turnover and presentation. Usually a 9ft leader tapered to 0.2mm with maybe 3-4ft tippet of 0.1-0.2mm depending on fly size and conditions.


    Thanks , was thinking of using a standard mono tapered leader cut back to about 8 feet and then adding approx 8 feet of fluoro? Would that be just daft?


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    Zzippy
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    coolhandspan wrote: »
    Thanks , was thinking of using a standard mono tapered leader cut back to about 8 feet and then adding approx 8 feet of fluoro? Would that be just daft?

    It will be fine, but to be honest, I think it's a waste of a tapered leader. 16 feet is too long for me too, I generally fish 10-12 foot leader on a 10ft rod. Too long a leader and it makes it really awkward landing a fish on the tail fly. Exception would be buzzer fishing, but we're talking about wet fly fishing here...


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    Bogwoppit
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    I generally fish about 15 feet for wet fly and 20+ for dries.
    If you have a boat partner then netting fish is not an issue.
    I'd agree though, a tapered leader would be a waste, you fish with the wind at your back which aids your turnover.


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    viper123
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    Funny the differences out there. I always fish 7 ft between the three flies which makes for a leader of over 20 ft! Wouldn't recommend it for anyone else though.


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    Zzippy
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    viper123 wrote: »
    Funny the differences out there. I always fish 7 ft between the three flies which makes for a leader of over 20 ft! Wouldn't recommend it for anyone else though.

    7ft, wow. Would be interesting to fish 2 rods in the boat with those setups and see if it affected catch rates. I'd fish a long fluoro leader for buzzer fishing, but never anything over 12-14ft for wetfly.


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