Cortland 444 Clear Intermediate

[supersenior]

I just purchased the above line that was on sale.
I don't know if I really needed it but the price was right.
It's a Clear,WF5, Type 2, sink rate 1.5-2.0 ips.

What would be the most appropriate type of leader to connect to it?

-a short piece of straight mono, 3-5'
-a short piece of fluorocarbon, 3-5'
-a 9' mono tapered leader
-a 9' fluorocarbon tapered leader
or any other suggestions.

I'm basically fishing streams, maximum depth 12'.
I thought that I would try the "camo" approach since the most of the streams are heavily fished and the trout are very wary and spooked easily.

[ducksterman]

BTW Type 2 is not I...just a FYI in case you didn't know.

[Mike Thomas]

If you are fishing Streamers I would go with straight Flurocarbon, anything else and I'd go with a tapered leader.
All the best.
Mike

[luckie88]

Mono floats and floro sinks and with a sink tip, well...

[supersenior]

Thank-you, Mike!

[Grizzly Wulff]

I used the clear intermediate for several years but have switched over to the camo intermediate. Less memory than the clear; you'll need to stretch it and get the coils out before each use. I fish it with a 7 1/2 foot 2x floro and find that setup works fine.

[Mike Thomas]

H Supersenior, I think Ducksterman is refering to sink rates, most manufacturers class Type 2 lines as slow sinkers rather than Intermediates. Every company seems to have their own definition when it comes to naming the line.
If you put a Poly leader on the end of your line you can change the poly leader to achieve just about any depth you need to fish at. With that line and a fast sinking poly leader you will get deep or if the fish are up near the top you might want a floating or intermediate poly leader. I always add a few feet of Flourocarbon tippet to the end of my Poly leaders.
You will need to give the fly line a good stretch before you start fishing everytime as the clear lines do seem to have a bit of a memory problem.
All the best.
Mike.

[supersenior]

Unless they made a printing error on the box, it states, "quote",
Clear(Claire) Intermediate Rocket Taper (Moyen Fusee Fuseau)
Type 2, 1.5-2.0 ips
WF 5 I

If a type 2 is not an Intermediate line, what is it?