'nother country heard from!
I most always take the coating off the front 3/4- 1" of fly line and form it into a loop which is secured the old fashioned way - thread through both legs of loop then wrapped up and down, then covered with Pliobond. Then go loop-to-loop with the furled leader. Finally, loop-to-loop with tippet. No need to take it down in steps, the furled leader (even 5 1/2') seems to turn over a fine, long tippet quite well. Works for me.
G'luck.
Bill
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