alhuger Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 All, Anyone have an outspoken preference on leaders for spey rods? I have been using the airflow leaders and the ken sawada 15 ft salmon leaders. The price on both makes me a do a gut check though. Any better priced alternatives out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykiss Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I run straight maxima tippet material...Stiff enough to turn over even @ 12ft of length @ any lbs strength. But then again I never run any leaders as turn over never seems to be a problem for me anyway...Or I'm just to cheap to buy leaders..some may disagree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDone Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Straight Maxima for me as well although I will use a poly leader once and a while, as Mykiss stated turn over is rarely a problem with a 2 handed rod. Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolman Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 For trout fishing, using small flies, I use a tapered mono leader which is usually about a rod length long, when fishing in the film or swinging drys. If the fly is very large and /or I need to cast far, I can use a 10' Poly floating leader with 4'-6' tippet added, as needed. For sink tip use, I add 3'-4' of Frog hair Mono, or Fluro if the fly is small, or in clear water, or if I want the extra depth to create a bit of droop, to get the fly below the sink tip and fishing a little deeper. For nymphing or high sticking, I make knotted leaders using Flurocarbon, which also has enough stiffness in it to allow good turn over, using a 16 lb. butt section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenbow Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I use a rio tapered leader at the moment, but as soon as I wreck it I am going to straight flouro, knotted down in size. Works very well on the 1 handers, and I can't imagine it'd make any difference on the 2 hander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alhuger Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 Thanks for all the replies, appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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