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Building Your Own Leaders

Dying Fly Lines

Dying CDC Feathers

Adding Removable Studs To Your Felt Soles

Secret Dry Fly Floatant From Argentina

Midges In The Snow

Death Of A Spring Creek

12 Pound Rainbows In The Shadow Of Glaciers

Destination England

Hooking Large Rainbows At 6 Degrees

Catching Atlantic Salmon On Dry Damsels

In View Of Bacon Ridge

Casting With Wolves

The Ghost Of Old Faithful Inn

Summer On The Test And Anton

Build Your Own Leaders

Bob Kloskowski

I do most of my fly fishing on the Spring Creeks of Southwest Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. For the most part this is challenging, demanding and yet very enjoyable fishing requiring long fine leaders that turn over easily and present the fly in a gentle, delicate manner. I've found the following recipe for a leader to fill all of my needs with the bonus of being very inexpensive.

You will need to purchase three spools of leader material for the basic leader. Be sure to purchase Maxima Chameleon material because it has the proper stiffness for this leader system.

A. One spool of Maxima Chameleon 15 lb .015 inch tippet material

B. One spool of Maxima Chameleon 8 lb. 0.10 inch tippet material.

C. One spool of Maxima Chameleon 6 lb. 0.009 inch tippet material.

For the first section of leader you will need to cut:

A. 4 feet of the Maxima .015 inch Chameleon

For the second section of leader you will need to cut:

B. 1 foot of the Maxima 0.10 inch Chameleon

For the third section of leader you will need to cut:

C. 4 feet of the Maxima 0.009 inch Chameleon

1. Attach section A to section B using a Barrel Knot or Blood Knot.

2. Attach section B to section C using a Barrel Knot or Blood Knot.

To this I usually attach 1 foot of my favorite 3X tippet material then at least 4 feet of 6 X or 7 X Fluorocarbon tippet material using a Barrel Knot or Blood Knot for all connections. New tippets or changes in the diameter of tippet material can be easily made streamside directly to the 1 foot section of 3X tippet material using a double Surgeon's Knot.

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Copyright @ 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by Bob Kloskowski


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Building Your Own Leaders Dying Fly Lines Dying CDC Feathers Adding Removable Studs To Your Felt Soles Secret Dry Fly Floatant From Argentina Midges In The Snow Death Of A Spring Creek 12 Pound Rainbows In The Shadow Of Glaciers Destination England Hooking Large Rainbows At 6 Degrees Catching Atlantic Salmon On Dry Damsels In View Of Bacon Ridge Casting With Wolves The Ghost Of Old Faithful Inn Summer On The Test And Anton		Build Your Own Leaders Bob Kloskowski I do most of my fly fishing on the Spring Creeks of Southwest Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. For the most part this is challenging, demanding and yet very enjoyable fishing requiring long fine leaders that turn over easily and present the fly in a gentle, delicate manner. I've found the following recipe for a leader to fill all of my needs with the bonus of being very inexpensive. You will need to purchase three spools of leader material for the basic leader. Be sure to purchase Maxima Chameleon material because it has the proper stiffness for this leader system. A. One spool of Maxima Chameleon 15 lb .015 inch tippet material B. One spool of Maxima Chameleon 8 lb. 0.10 inch tippet material. C. One spool of Maxima Chameleon 6 lb. 0.009 inch tippet material. For the first section of leader you will need to cut: A. 4 feet of the Maxima .015 inch Chameleon For the second section of leader you will need to cut: B. 1 foot of the Maxima 0.10 inch Chameleon For the third section of leader you will need to cut: C. 4 feet of the Maxima 0.009 inch Chameleon 1. Attach section A to section B using a Barrel Knot or Blood Knot. 2. Attach section B to section C using a Barrel Knot or Blood Knot. To this I usually attach 1 foot of my favorite 3X tippet material then at least 4 feet of 6 X or 7 X Fluorocarbon tippet material using a Barrel Knot or Blood Knot for all connections. New tippets or changes in the diameter of tippet material can be easily made streamside directly to the 1 foot section of 3X tippet material using a double Surgeon's Knot. End. All Rights Reserved. No part of this web site may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from Bob Kloskowski.
	Copyright @ 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by Bob Kloskowski