Leader

[Jeremy]

dudley, I know ...I'm wondering if the added squiggles are just the result of the leader not really turning over the fly?

..it's magic Duck', just plain magic *BG*.

Jeremy.

[Jeremy]

... will take a lot of squiggles out and give me a smooth straight line and a good roll and drop of the fly.

Coach, this equals "instant" drag UNLESS you have a DIRECT and in-line downstream float. Very seldom...

Jeremy.

[ducksterman]

dudley, I know ...I'm wondering if the added squiggles are just the result of the leader not really turning over the fly?

..it's magic Duck', just plain magic *BG*.

Jeremy.

You're right , Jeremy, I was thinking of " mystical"

[Coach]

OK, I understand now. I guess I got all caught up in that straight "demo" cast that ones sees at the casting shows (ofwhich I also can cast like in a gymnasium without wind or water) and thought my cast were just average on the stream.

I am starting to sound dumber with every post. Anyway, maybe I am not as bad as I was thinking. Beginning to think fly fishing is like golf, a lot of average fisherman but very few great ones. Or should I say, no one has it perfected! We all have our good days and bad.

Thanks for the information.

[Jeremy]

Coach,
In all likelihood, you guys are probably better casters/fishermen than I am. I'm just sharing my observations from doing a lot of searching and recent tests going from manufactured leaders to trying some of my own....just to "see".

This last couple of years since I've been helped along very much in my casting presentations, I'm able to nicely lay out a cast w/o it tailing and to usually control things better. This enabled me to play with leaders w/o them tangling so poorly.

It's fun. And it's something that you can take as just so-so or (if you wish) you can dig into it. If you do that, the catch rate tells you you're doing something right! It all adds to the enjoyment.

Jeremy.