Tips for attaching a leader to fly line easily
If you've been struggling with attaching a leader to fly line without making a massive mess of your knots, don't worry, because almost every fly fisher has been there. It's one of those skills that looks incredibly simple when a pro does it in a shop, but feels like you're trying to perform surgery with oven mitts when you're actually standing by the water. Getting this connection right is vital because it's the bridge between your heavy fly line and the thin, invisible leader that actually presents the fly to the fish. If that bridge is clunky or weak, your cast will collapse, or worse, you'll lose the fish of a lifetime. ...