Wet fly leader setup

[TimMurphy]

Normally i just use a standard tapered leader with a tippet rang on the end. I know a good youtube channel for the dropper tags. Oldominiontroutbum i think his name is. I will watch some of his vids about it and see if i can make sense of it

Dear bringthepain,

If you normally fish 9-foot knotless leaders, they are not well suited for building multi-fly wet fly leaders. Especially if you are fishing with a floating line.

Buy a 4-foot thread furled leader with a tippet ring and just commence to build a wet fly leader from that. 7 1/2 to 8 foot is plenty of length for swinging a brace of 3 wet flies.

Doing that will make wet fly fishing the only game for you though, so keep that in mind.

If you buy knotted tapered leaders in 7 1/2-foot length, or even 9-foot length adding tags at the knots is easy to do. Adding a wrap or two of matchstick lead along the leader makes them easy to fish, and easy to revert to a regular leader if the conditions change and the fish start jumping.

Pick your poison and go big or go home! 😉

Regards,

Tim Murphy 🙂

 

[gfenlikestolosepasswords]

keep your tags to about 4" or so, enough to stick out from the leader but not too long to cause them to wrap around.

i keep 18" between each fly.

more flies means more tangles. keep the casting to a minimum and slow down so your loops open.

 

[bringthepain]

I have a 6 foot furled leader with a tippet ring on the end i have never used. Perhaps i should build a leader out of it. Always cool to learn something new.

 

[Bamboozle]

I have a 6 foot furled leader with a tippet ring on the end i have never used. Perhaps i should build a leader out of it. Always cool to learn something new.

I don't know about anyone else's preferences but I wouldn't use a furled leader with multiple wet flies...

In my experience, a knotted leader with a stiff butt is better at keeping out of trouble with all subsurface multi fly rigs.

 

[beadhead2]

Google Wet Fly Water Guides with Dave Allbaugh ,I don't know if he is still a member of this forum ?

 

[fritz]

I’m lazy and getting lazier by the day. I usually use 9’ leader or sometimes a bit shorter, whatever I have. Tie on a soft hackle. Tie about so much off the bend maybe a foot and a half and add another soft hackle. It’s a relaxing way to spend some hours.