SMALLMOUTH SEASON PREP: Streamer Leader Build 

Can tell a lot about a fisherman by the speed of their blood knot! Love your stuff!

Excellent! Thank you, wiil definitively give it a try soon.

Love it!

Thanks very helpful. I have trouble with blood knots. May I ask what you are doing when you put the knot in your mouth twice (I assume you’re not just lubricating it). Are you straightening or lengthening the tag ends. Thanks? Maybe a separate video on how you tie the blood knot? Thanks!!

What is the difference in using the blood knot over the double uni knot? My thoughts are the blood knot has both tag ends on the inside verse the uni with the tags on the outside of the knot. This may let the knots travel through the rod guides better. Your thoughts please.

I’m sure you already try this but what about just longer 40, them 30, then 20 (or 16)? Do you feel that going very “taper” with a 5 section leader makes an actual difference with delivering a big fly (bass fly) vs a simpler 2 or 3 section leader? Just curious to have your opinion about the “plus” of a 5 section leader vs a simpler 2-3… Thanks for sharing!

What are your reasons for not running a swivel?

How long is that? That seems really long for streamers on a sinking lines or do you run this with floating?

Another good video and informative for folks learning to build out their own leaders. Hopefully they practice the two knots shown, and pick up the needed materials and actually carry it with them on the water, or build out a bunch of leaders in advance. Just like tying your own flies and having the ability to customize every aspect of your bugs, building out your own leaders is a good way to be able to customize your leaders on the water and without fear of messing something up that you can’t fix yourself. 100% in agreement on the fluorocarbon as well, and it sinks whereas mono floats, learned these lessons years and years ago during my time spent on trails tournament fishing.

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More wraps if you’re going 12lb or lighter?

Do you have all those weights of Hatch fluorocarbon at your shop?

Are you using that long of a leader on an intermediate line?

Complicated much 4 foot of 15# works just fine lol

good but not great, those knots are not seated completely.... not even close. I know they work for you. try to BREAK every knot you tie... all the way down to 6 and 4 lb test.....