Bass Leader Formula

[lastchance]

Anyone have a simple bass leader formula for a 6 or 7 wt. line?

[crappiecrazy]

Anyone have a simple bass leader formula for a 6 or 7 wt. line?

I was wondering the same thing.

[okflyfisher]

60% of toal desired leader is butt section (30lbtest) 20% of total leader lenght is mid section(20Lb test) 20% of total leader length is tippet( 12lb test)

For a 7.5 foot leader: butt would be 4.5 feet,mid section 1.5 feet & tippet 1.5 feet

For a 9 foot leader: butt would be 5.4 feet mid section would be 1.8 feet and tippet would be 1.8 feet

We fish with floating lines and fish crayfish or streamers on the bottom so we fished 9 foot leaders to help get down to the bottom .

If you are fishing on top a 7.5 leader is appropriate

Tie your flies on with a non slip mono loop to give your fly more movement

For a 4 or 5wt taper from 20lb to 12 lb to 6 or 8 lb test

[crappiecrazy]

60% of toal desired leader is butt section (30lbtest) 20% of total leader lenght is mid section(20Lb test) 20% of total leader length is tippet( 12lb test)

For a 7.5 foot leader: butt would be 4.5 feet,mid section 1.5 feet & tippet 1.5 feet

For a 9 foot leader: butt would be 5.4 feet mid section would be 1.8 feet and tippet would be 1.8 feet

We fish with floating lines and fish crayfish or streamers on the bottom so we fished 9 foot leaders to help get down to the bottom .

If you are fishing on top a 7.5 leader is appropriate

Tie your flies on with a non slip mono loop to give your fly more movement

For a 4 or 5wt taper from 20lb to 12 lb to 6 or 8 lb test

Hope I am not "buttin in" on the thread too bad but what brand of line would you reccommend?

[appalachian angler]

Good advice OK on the leader formula. I do something very similar using cheap Cajun mono only using 30#-20#-10#. The Cajun just seems to be abrasion resistent and stiff enough to turn over the heavy weighted stuff and popping bugs. Alot of bass fishermen I know tie leaders using various versions of P-line. It is alittle expensive but is a very good product...tough stuff!

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[DarrinG]

App Angler and others gave good advice. I use something similiar.
I use Berkley "Big Game" mono for tying my own bass leaders. It's fairly stiff mono and turns over very well.
I keep my bassin leaders pretty simple and they work well for both topwater and subsurface.
3ft of 30#, 3ft or 12# and 3ft of 2X or 1X Rio tippet. Very simple and it works.