I have a very heavy hand when setting the hook, and I am intrigued by the notion of having a stretchy leader butt that might act as a shock absorber to keep me from breaking off fish on the take. Seems to me that I remember a "bungee butt" that was designed to do this, but I cant find such a device in any of my catalogues or online.

I know that in the UK there are "pole elastics" that are stretchy and are used by coarse fishermen on rigid poles. Does anyone have any experience using such elastics on a fly rod? I wonder if one could use a nail knot to tie this material to the fly line, then tie a loop in the free end, and use a loop-to-loop connection to attach the leader. Would this section be too much of a hinge?

I fish mostly for trout, so the very heavy elastic butt leaders that are used for large fish (e.g., tarpon) would not really serve my purpose.

Any advice would be welcome.

THR