this will be my 3rd season fishing i,ve heard all sorts of talk about leaders some people use 10/15 ft leaders ? personaly I tie up a cast with two wet flies. theres aprox 60/65 cm between 1st fly and droper then aprox 7ft of nylon. should this turn over ok ? Or should I taper the nylon down ie 8lbs to 6lbs to the 4lbs i tie my cast with. ? Or should it be the same right through ? Or should I use longer leader and taper it ? thanks for any help Alan.

It depends on the flies you're using and how good your casting style is. A level leader of that length with a single heavy-ish fly (read as a gold head or well weighted nymph or lure) on the point should turn over ok in just about everything but the most extreme of windy conditions, even with a lightweight dropper. A tiny nymph on point and another on the dropper, or if you're using a particularly unaerodynamic patterns and you'll probably struggle with a level leader and need to add some taper to the cast.

I can't think of a single instance where having a tapered leader would harm your presentation. That's not to say there isn't one, it's just I don't know what it would be

I'm quite certain too, that there are people who can cast a level leader of 15 or 20 feet using unweighted flies in the stiffest of oncoming breezes. Sadly I'm not one of them

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This subject has come up before and 'over here' we'll put the light fly at the end and the 'feather brick' as the upper one.

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Yep - that'll work, but again it will depend on how well you cast. Some of the stillwater specialists over here are using leaders significantly longer in feet than I can cast in yards

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