Originally Posted by
anglerdave
I've tried them. First the mono and then the thread. Didn't like the mono. And won't ever use one again.
Several folks here sent me some (Betty Hiner for one) thread leaders to try. And I bought one from Kathy Scott.
For most dry fly applications and soft hackle, I think they are okay. My only hang up is having to dry them every so often and grease them to keep them floating. Also, I don't like the fact that the big loop that attaches to the loop on the fly line will eventually twist and is a p.i.t.a to try and straighten and loop back on. I should mention that I have gotten to the point where I primarily use them on my 7' 4wt boo. On my longer graphites I still mostly use mono leaders.
I do not like them nor will ever use them again when nymphing. Unless I was fishing very shallow water upstream and without an indicator. But then again I probably would stick with mono for that as well.
Just my 2 cents.
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