Bass Leader

[Jerry]

A piece of 10-14 lb mono

[ohiotuber]

I use furled leaders with either 3X tippet or a straight 6 or 8lb mono...fluoro if you want to get a fly down.
In knotless tapered leaders, my favorite is the Frog Hair "stiff butt" leader. They turn over bulky flies really well.
Mike

[Big Bad Wulff]

Just 1X tippet works fine. They hit lures with 20lb mono so 1X is about non-existent as far as bass are concerned.

[Soup]

I was out at a farm pond a few years ago, and had forgotten to bring a leader with me, so I tied on a 8' piece of 10# mono. It didn't seem to make any difference to my casting then, so I have just stayed with this approach.

[MikieFinn]

Furled leader made out of 5 or 10 pound superbraid and 2 to 3 feet of 8 pond Berkley Vanish.
If you hook a stickfish or weedfish you can easy bring them in and "release them. In th worst case scenario this rig is strong enough to pull the boat closer... I donn't loose almost any flies even while I fish the weeds and trees all of the time.

[rrhyne56]

Furled leader made out of 5 or 10 pound superbraid

I've never used superbraid, need to give that a spin down the road for sure.

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[flyandtie]

hmmmm......... i like that idea of superbraid for sure!!!!!!!

[MikieFinn]

I use PowerPro. One thing of caution. It will not twist as much as other materials. maybe half the turns. It's something that I'm still experimenting with.

[rrhyne56]

Picked up a spool of PowerPro at lunch. This might be good for striped bass as well, they are kinda rough on terminal tackle.

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