Custom Leaders - My next adventure

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joaniebo
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Re: Custom Leaders - My next adventure

Post by joaniebo » Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:13 am

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
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Re: Custom Leaders - My next adventure

Post by DOUGSDEN » 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
Fish when you can, not when you should! Anything short of this is just a disaster.
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Re: Custom Leaders - My next adventure

Post by Mike62 » Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:47 am

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.
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Re: Custom Leaders - My next adventure

Post by billems » Sun Sep 26, 2021 12:42 am

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.
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