Learn Leader Construction

Learn leader construction & build your own offers the fly fisher many advantages. They perform much better than store bought leaders and are very inexpensive to make.

There is not a single leader setup that will excel in all circumstances because fly patterns change as well as conditions. Increase your understanding of energy transfer for turning over various fly patterns.

The same understanding of energy transfer for leaders will also assist your depth of knowledge for fly line tapers. One of the big problems with store bought pre-made leaders today is that the lengths tend to remain too short.

There are many choices for either furling your leader as opposed to various monofilament thickness sections of the leader.

A general purpose utility leader that can be used best all around is the goal of what you are striving to accomplish. Learning to build your own leaders can be an enjoyable past time similar to tying flies in the winter months.

Once you have a general concept of understanding energy transfer for the purpose of the leader you can make them for all species of fish!