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Re: Custom Leaders - My next adventure
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:13 am
by joaniebo
Doug
Have been using Maxima Ultragreen for many years ... using Oliver Kite's leader formula (or as close as I can get to it) of 20# (54"), 12# (10"), 6# (10"), 5# (10") & 4# (36") as shown in his book "Nymph Fishing in Practice."
Bob
Re: Custom Leaders - My next adventure
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 7:54 pm
by DOUGSDEN
Bob,
Thanks for this interesting leader formula! From what I understand and have read and watched, Oliver Kite was a terrorist with a flyrod!
Thanks again,
Doug
Re: Custom Leaders - My next adventure
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:47 am
by Mike62
DOUGSDEN wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 7:54 pm
Bob,
Thanks for this interesting leader formula! From what I understand and have read and watched, Oliver Kite was a terrorist with a flyrod!
Thanks again,
Doug
I've also been called a 'terrorist with a fly rod'. Admittedly, the context is a little different.
Re: Custom Leaders - My next adventure
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 12:42 am
by billems
Leaders are an obsession to me, a sort of madness. I fish mainly dries and wets. I've tied Borger's formulas, the 60/20/20 formulas. Furled. Favorites for me are the George Harvey "slack leader" formulas, the ones with the stiff mono in the butt sections. Another I'm quite fond of is AK Bests's leader that consists of even sections in the back with a sharp step down just ahead of the tippet (very accurate and precise). But I'm always experimenting. Sometimes, a knotless leader is just the ticket, so I always carry a few of them with me. Leaders: a never-ending affliction with me.