Dry fly Leader, and tippet type

[freestylefish2006]

Hey there guys,

I was wondering if anyone has a good dry fly leader formula that they wouldn't mind sharing :-) I have been using the HENDs 350cm French leader, then adding 016, then 012 as my tippet. Seems to nice and supple, accurate, parachute casts nicely :-)

Also, i'm trying to look for a good tippet for dries (fly size 16 - 20).. i have been using Dairiki Velvet in the past - look for a product that is very similar properties.

Cheers

[AaronJasper]

I like the RIO 15 foot spring creek leaders.

The Harvey Slack Leader is also very good.

Curious to see how others set up for dry fly fishing...

[Mantis]

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[Clema74]

Hi

I use to fish quite big rivers with very educated fishes. So my leader is quite long (4.8 m) with a long tippet (2m).
Quite fast leader, good for nice presentation and avoiding the dragging.
It's a polyvalent leader that I use for dry or nymph (seeing the fish)

cm - diameter

70 - 50°°
60 - 40°°
50 - 35°°
40 - 25°°
30 - 20°°
30 - 15°°
tippet
200 - 14°° or 12°°

if I go down to 10°° I put a section of 30cm 14°° before the tippet.
If there is wind, I just cut the tippet to 1.5 m or 1.2 m.

[Troutastic]

That Maxima Chameleon is hard to come by.... It's sold out at Cabelas every week and Bass Pro doesn't even carry it. Luckily, The Bean does...

[Toad Hunter]

Everything so far is good info.

I vary my leader and tippet size depending on the fly, and type of water.

Most any 12' - 15' tapered leaders right out of the package work fine and cover virtually all situations.

That's all I'm going to say because Mantis covered the subject pretty well.


Mike

[littlej81]

Troutastic

Get your Maxima from fly fishers paradise. www.flyfishersparadise.com is the website. Greate prices, fast shipping, lots of materials. You will have to call or send for a magazine. They don't sell online.

[sholgate]

My God that is complex. No wonder I suck at dry fly fishing.

[VTflyfishing]

I am lazy and just buy the tapered leaders by Orvis.

[SherpaB]

I use the Harvey slack leader tied with Orvis Superstrong/and Rio tippet. Works great!
I also have used the Gary Borger Uni-Leader dry fly formula. I tie it with Chameleon then Orvis SS or Rio tippet.
A good source of Chameleon is hook and hackle. I've ordered a few times and they always seem to have it.

FYI the Uni-leader formula is as follows: 4ft .020, 1ft .013, 4ft .010, then 2 ft-4ft of( 4x or 5x) and if necessary 2ft (,6x,7x-your choice), modify the length of the leader with the butt section(.020). Its any easy formula and works well but I like the Harvey formula better(probably suits my presentation/casting style better??)