I fish for bass and trout in Oklahoma. It would be nice to change out leaders quickly. I have a TFO rig. My line didn't come w/ loops. I am considering making my own loops per discussion in Global Fisher; what do you think?
I fish for bass and trout in Oklahoma. It would be nice to change out leaders quickly. I have a TFO rig. My line didn't come w/ loops. I am considering making my own loops per discussion in Global Fisher; what do you think?
A couple of my lines do not have loops and here's what I did. I took the loop end of a leader and nail knotted it to my fly line. This gives me a ready made loop.
hope this helps.
Jeff
There are many ways you can accomplish a connection. You can use the loop-to-loop, which many guys do, and that is fine. I got tired of the connection getting stuck in my guides. I now attach the leader with a blood knot to my fly line, attach a ring to the 3X end and then add my tippet. Everyone has a method they prefer, so experiment to see what you like yourself. As long as you're catching fish there's really no right or wrong way.
scotthen;
I use a 12# test tapered furled leader made from 4# test mono or fluoro. These never need changing, only the tippet (which is also loop to loop) gets changed.
Also I have never had the connection hang up in the guides. This may be because a furled leader can be cast just like a fly line and will carry the connection through the guides.
I used to make loops from braided mono but wasn't entirely happy with the results, so now I just make a whipped loop with the fly line and coat it with UV Knotsense. Goes through the guides very smoothly and rarely hangs up.
Regards,
Scott
Ps - welcome to the forum
I'm with ScottP on this one. I make a small loop in the end of the fly line, wrap it with thread or mono and whip finish it. I usually add a thin coat of marine goop to smooth it out and I've never had a problem. They slide through the guides fine and I've never had one fail on me.
Jim Smith
I use to cut off my loops because I thought the line was too "hingey"---- but now, for all those lines that I have cut the loops off of, I nail knot a piece of 12 or 15lb. mono to the end of the fly line to use as a butt section and then I blood knot a tapered leader to the butt section - or make a perfection loop in the end of the butt section and then loop to loop to the leader. The furled loop idea mentioned above is all I use for my Salmon and Steel head rigs when I am swinging or stripping flies.
If my line doesn't have a loop I use a Castwell knot to the loop of a furled leader.
On every TFO (or any other brand) combo that comes out of our shop we cut the pre rigged leader. Out 8 inches from the flyline. We then tie a perfection loop in each section where we made the cut and loop the sections together. This essentially creates a permanent leader butt section with a loop. Now new leaders can be attached with a loop to loop connection.
Never had a problem with hinging unless the diameters and stiffness of the permanent butt section and the new leader are vastly different.
Thanks for the info. I find myself googling and youtubing to find out what is being talked about; a llearning moment.