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Six-Gun
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The thread I made asking about the worthwhile of making your own leaders got me interested enough to tie one up...and it held up pretty damned well. I took it out on the East Fork of the Sevier River, a 4-mile Utah "Blue Ribbon" fishery that runs through Kingston Canyon.
The rod I used was my 6' Temple Fork Lefty Kreh Signature Series II in 2wt. and the line was 2wt. Scientific Anglers VPT. The leader recipe - derived from LeaderCalc 2007 - started with 20lb. test mono and ended in 4x tippet with a few standard size reductions along the way. Stayed at 4x all day. The net result was 2 rainbow and 5 browns, one of which was a very nice, mature fish (my largest brown to date) that had me pinned to the bottom for bit until I worked it loose (had me nervous to pull, despite the fact that I usually run 5x).
All in all, I was very satisfied with the result: no breakage and the fish didn't seem the least bit deterred by it. The winning fly for the day was a black humpy that caught my largest brown and several others.
The rod I used was my 6' Temple Fork Lefty Kreh Signature Series II in 2wt. and the line was 2wt. Scientific Anglers VPT. The leader recipe - derived from LeaderCalc 2007 - started with 20lb. test mono and ended in 4x tippet with a few standard size reductions along the way. Stayed at 4x all day. The net result was 2 rainbow and 5 browns, one of which was a very nice, mature fish (my largest brown to date) that had me pinned to the bottom for bit until I worked it loose (had me nervous to pull, despite the fact that I usually run 5x).
All in all, I was very satisfied with the result: no breakage and the fish didn't seem the least bit deterred by it. The winning fly for the day was a black humpy that caught my largest brown and several others.
![EastForkSevierRiver-BrownTrout2_zps90ca55b5.jpg](http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n545/lplozada/Fishing/East%20Fork%20of%20the%20Sevier%20River%20Utah%20%202%20Oct%202013/EastForkSevierRiver-BrownTrout2_zps90ca55b5.jpg)
![EastForkSevierRiver-BrownTrout4_zps51d1f6f4.jpg](http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n545/lplozada/Fishing/East%20Fork%20of%20the%20Sevier%20River%20Utah%20%202%20Oct%202013/EastForkSevierRiver-BrownTrout4_zps51d1f6f4.jpg)
![EastForkSevierRiver-RainbowTrout1_zps9a6039eb.jpg](http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n545/lplozada/Fishing/East%20Fork%20of%20the%20Sevier%20River%20Utah%20%202%20Oct%202013/EastForkSevierRiver-RainbowTrout1_zps9a6039eb.jpg)
![EastForkSevierRiver-BrownTrout5_zpsd549d723.jpg](http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n545/lplozada/Fishing/East%20Fork%20of%20the%20Sevier%20River%20Utah%20%202%20Oct%202013/EastForkSevierRiver-BrownTrout5_zpsd549d723.jpg)
![EastForkSevierRiver-RainbowTrout2_zpsb6f50040.jpg](http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n545/lplozada/Fishing/East%20Fork%20of%20the%20Sevier%20River%20Utah%20%202%20Oct%202013/EastForkSevierRiver-RainbowTrout2_zpsb6f50040.jpg)
![EastForkSevierRiver-BrownTrout1_zpsd45aa71a.jpg](http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n545/lplozada/Fishing/East%20Fork%20of%20the%20Sevier%20River%20Utah%20%202%20Oct%202013/EastForkSevierRiver-BrownTrout1_zpsd45aa71a.jpg)
![EastForkSevierRiver-BrownTrout3_zpsde113f53.jpg](http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n545/lplozada/Fishing/East%20Fork%20of%20the%20Sevier%20River%20Utah%20%202%20Oct%202013/EastForkSevierRiver-BrownTrout3_zpsde113f53.jpg)