Hand Tied Tapered Mono Leaders for Saltwater Fish – 16# class tippet with 20, 30 & 40# Fluorocarbon Shock Tippets – with Perfection Loops – 10 foot lengths
Being able to present your “Perfect Fly” saltwater flies properly to hard hitting and hard fighting species of saltwater fish requires a well built tapered leader, irregardless of the type of fly you are fishing. The entire leader should be soft enough to have the proper amount of elasticity in order to absorb the shock of the sudden surge of a fish, yet be hard enough to be as resistant to abrasion from the tough saltwater environment. The shock tippet should be very tough to withstand the sudden strike of the fish and its rough mouth. You cannot land large fish on frayed leader material or a frayed tippet.
You should be able to deliver your flies where you want them to land. This often makes the difference in catching fish or not catching fish. Our Perfect Fly leaders are designed to enable the angler to deliver the fly precisely where you want it to go. They transfer energy from the fly line to the fly in a predictable manner.
The Perfect Fly hand tied tapered Saltwater leaders have a large diameter nylon butt section that helps make a smooth transition from the fly line to the leader. The midsection gradually tapers down in steps to the class tippet part of the leader. The fluorocarbon shock tippet comes in 20, 30 and 40# sizes and is 2 foot in length. This allows you to tie several flies on the same leader and to catch multiple fish on the same leader. You can make the leader IGFA legal if you prefer by simply trimming the shock leader down to less than 12 inches including the knot. The class tippet is IGFA legal.
We use Mason Hard Nylon leader material in all five sections of the nylon portion of the leader. The butt section is 4 foot in length and begins with a perfection loop. The class tippet is 15 inches long. Three sections step down from the butt to the tippet making a total of five sections of nylon part of the leader. These sections are joined using blood knots. The fluorocarbon shock tippet comes in three sizes – 20#, 30# and 40# test.
The butt section that attaches to your fly line has a perfection loop so that you can change leaders fast and easy. This enables you to pre-rig other leaders with the fly already tied on so that you can change flies fast and easy simply by changing out the leader using a loop to loop connection. All of our leaders are checked and tested for knot strength prior to being packaged.
