THE EASIEST Leader You Will Ever Make!! How To Make Your Own Fly Fishing Leaders!! 

Been using it all my life! Absolutely love maxima! Thanks for stopping by🙂

Orvis tippet knot? I have used it but prefer the ones I was using. That by no means is the only way. If that knot works for ya, have at it! Thanks for watching

All great questions and I will be covering that in the next video on leaders! Appreciate you watching and good luck out on the water!

I went with the 60/20/20 forumla. Where 60% is butt section/20%taper/tippet. The butt section needed better turnover so it was made up of the 64" of two materials. This is a dry fly leader and needed to dissipate the energy quickly so it falls gently onto the surface of the water. I will go over more of these leaders as the playlist progresses. But hopefully this clears the air.

I ask myself the same question!! I think its because it has this stiffness yet delicateness that I just can't get with UG. Also I find chameleon loses its memory with a gentle tug(way nicer than UG imo). Finally, I like the old school maroon colour. I will say, that going all UG on the leader would be fine too but would be using that on a 4wt. George Harvey made the switch later in his years to more supple floppy leader material and he knew way more than I ever will. So there's that! Thank you for watching

Welcome to Fly Fishing!! It’s a bunch of fun. Fly lines can last awhile! I have had some last 3 seasons!! But when they start to crack it’s done. Some last longer than others and it’s a case by case type situation. I hope that helps👍

Decades ago lasted longer. I still fish one DT sci anglers from the mid 90s. But most of the time a few seasons at most. Snags will wreck them.

Hey there, So i briefly go over it when I talk about the "bell curve" with the butt section. But I go over it in greater detail in the first video(linked below). It is the section where I talk about the butt section and how it should be the same flexibility as the end of your fly line. I also show how two different materials yielded different results. It's a great example of how it's important to match the flexibility. Hope this helps and wish you good luck out there.

I have found that for most fly lines, I use 25 lb butt for 3 wt rods, 30 lb butt for 4-6 wt rods, and then jump up to 40 lb butt for 7 or 8 wt and above. Might be some exceptions and check the stiffness test, but this is a basic guideline. Also, you can try the Lefty Kreh formula where the lengths of each section are halved towards the tippet (28” of 30 lb, 14” of 20 lb, 7” of 15 lb, etc). Lots of formulas available on the internet. And if you make a lot of leaders, get the bigger 250 or 300 yd spools of each strength, that’s cheaper in the long run versus buying the tippet-sized spools.

@@barry4fish19 Thanks. I recently just made my first leader. Mostly as a nymphing leader. I ended up going with just 3' of 15# Chameleon, 3' of 10# Chameleon, 3' of 2x Flouro to a microswivel. And then I tie on whatever tippet is appropriate for the situation. I am sure it could be improved but it seems to work pretty good. For a dry fly leader I could see using a heavy butt section to get more of a taper.

1) the larger diameter(above 3x) i always use blood knots as i like the holding strength better than triple surgeons. Also, i like how it goes through the guides easier when stringing up, less bulky. 2) i always wet my knots but I may have done it off camera or sometimes I won’t wet them due to lighting for the camera(too shiny and can blow out the exposure of my camera). Hope that helps and ask any questions at any time🙂

It's not that critical.l prefer Furling one BS into 2 & 4 strands 12 lbs Florocarbon. I use Suffix. Double Uni is better than blood for Single strands. The lefty Kreah leader knot is simple and quick.

I understand. I don’t have a printed version but!! If you pause the screen you can screenshot the formula on your phone or tablet. Hope that helps🙂

@@greenhornflyhorn He means type it out in the transcript area below the video. That's actually a good idea for newbies

Please send complaints to upper management!!! I can’t help you unfortunately, 😞