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What butt diameter monofilament suits what line weight when making knotted leaders?

A couple of HL Leonard leaders were added to LeaderCalc thanks to Swedish Johan Algén

The online leader calculator has had an overhaul, and has been updated with several new leader formulas and a bunch of new features

This article covers how to use the online fly fishing leader caculator LeaderCalc for creating your own perfect custom made hand tied leaders

You can now print great looking labels to use for your home made leaders when you pack them in bags

A simple idea for switching tube flies lightning fast without cutting the leader or tying any knots.

About 5 years ago after seeing so many really bad knots connecting the fly line to the butt leader section, Captain Mel Simpson came up with a knot that does not break, is a permanent part of the fly line and will easily go through the guides if necessary.

The most useful, easiest and strongest knots for fly fishing. How to tie them and when to use them.

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This small article is a selection of questions and answers about leaders and tippets accumulated over the years. Martin Joergensen has harvested the most popular questions with the assistance of his fellow GFF partner Steve Schweitzer.

Lefty takes us from soup to nuts and offers us his opinions on many things flyfishing related.
There's that word again - advanced. Whenever I see that word in a title, a little alarm bell goes off. Does the book really deal with advanced topics, or did the publishers insist on putting that word in the title to sell more copies to hopeful readers?

Drag-free drift is more than just adding a couple feet of 7x to your leader. Much more.

When I first heard of this book, I couldn't help but wonder how an author could fill an entire volume describing leaders and how they affect the drift of the fly. At what point does redundancy set in? How much material science to include? How many engineering principles? At what point do we leave the audience (anglers) behind?

Want to use LeaderCalc but don't have access to MS-Excel? No problem! We at GFF recognize that many of you have been missing out on the extensive capabilities of LeaderCalc in helping you design your own tapered mono leaders.

Stiff piano wire has definite advantages over other sorts of pike shock and bite tippets.

Leaders fall in several categories. These all serve the same purpose: transmitting the energy fra the fly line to the fly in a gentle, yet firm way. The different types each have their advantages and disadvantages, and selecting one is often a question of compromises.

The following description on how to make your own twined leaders was given to me by Henk Verhaar from Holland. Henks description fascinated me so much, that I made the first set of three leaders already the first night after having recieved the description.

This article covers loops used for connecting fly lines to backing and leaders and shows you how to make them and use them.

How to make a great furled leader using the ancient method of rope making.