Hello from another newbie....(listens for the groans, lol)
Getting back into flyfishing after about a 30 yr. lay off. Long story...
Anyway, as a kid when I fly fished, I used straight mono for a leader, no tippets.
I fished small ponds and streams, for bass, rainbows and panfish in central Missouri. I had no instruction, no one to ask. (When I asked my father for a fly rod for my 13th birthday, he looked sad, but got me one:lol:)
I've moved back to central Missouri, and want to fish the Meramec, Meramec Springs, and small creeks. Was toying with buying some leaders and adding tippets. Going to get a 4 or 5 wt. rod.
I was thinking, from what I've read on this forum, that I'd get about a 7' tapered leader.
For a tippet, I was wondering if anyone's tried spiderwire. Supposedly, the 6 lb. spiderwire is the same diameter as 2 lb. mono.
What do you think? Any advice would be greatly appreciated....
(sure wish I'd had this resource in 1973!:p
Cottonmouth