Hi,

Just fyi...Someone asked me to make some spey leaders for his trip to Iceland, and we messed about with tread (6/0 Uni) and new boards, and all. Some of you are probably already making these, but this is what we came up with to suit his need. I don't spey cast, so I'm just relying on him.

The board I finally used is a 12-foot long 2X6, so I decreased its length right off by insetting the pegs from the ends (I just used finish nails as a quick start), and then I decreased the leader 10% in spinning/ twisting, so the final leader is 10"9" . It seems to work nicely, at least my guy said so.


Formula for taper: 34 - 28- 22- 18 - 14 threads
(half per side), so the top loops are 17, the next loops are 11 , and there are 7 threads on either side of the bottom.

Fun, but takes two of us to flip the board up and it can't be raining (I make them on the upper deck outside, overlooking the ponds - which I'm sure helps!)

Just another 2 cents,
Kat