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Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: ray on October 11, 2009, 11:42:54 AM

Title: leader lenght for fly fishing the stave river
Post by: ray on October 11, 2009, 11:42:54 AM

I'm going to go to the stave river this coming  week and want to try flyfishing for salmon and want to know what length and size of leader i should use. Ive never flyfished for salmon so any info would be appreciated. I was also wondering what flies would work and what weight of sink tip would work best. Thanks
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                 Ray

Title: Re: leader lenght for fly fishing the stave river
Post by: Banny on October 11, 2009, 11:55:54 AM

Highly dependent on the type of water you are fishing.  The heavier the tip the shorter the leader, especially if you are swinging the fly instead of casting and retrieving.  With a heavy tip on about 2 feet of leader is all that is needed.  If you are using a clear intermediate tip in frog water a leader of up to 8 feet may be appropriate.  Straight 8 pound is adequate for the chum there, heavy enough to play the fish but easy to break off if you foul hook a large chum.

J

Title: Re: leader lenght for fly fishing the stave river
Post by: HOOK on October 11, 2009, 11:58:16 AM

sink tip all depends on how deep or fast the water is. I normally use around 4/5 feet of leader for most river fishing, If its super clear and shallow i will go longer. a good all around test for leader would be 10lb, light enough that you can get coho and strong enough to pull in chum. for chum i like to keep it simple with pink or pink/purple wooly buggers. If you trying to get into some coho take a look at the "fly fishing for coho" thread for fly ideas and techniques.

If i had to pick 2 sink tips they would be a type 3 & type 6. however when i fished the main flow last year i fished a short hunk of T14 bcause it was so deep and faster current.

Title: Re: leader lenght for fly fishing the stave river
Post by: Matt on October 11, 2009, 01:19:40 PM

Really short- like 2' assuming you are using a sink tip for chum.

You want this
(http://www.chifly.com/uploads/rioVersiTip-ColdwaterLine.jpg)

then two feet of this:
(http://www.rodgersfishingtackle.co.uk/pics/img48fdf7d05cbae.jpg)

then somethign like this;
(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:korJnNuJuZ04AM:http://www.fish4salmon.com/pictures/chum/fly_fishing/coho_salmon_flies.jpg)
 ;D

Title: Re: leader lenght for fly fishing the stave river
Post by: Min on October 20, 2009, 04:45:51 PM

Ah  Good !!!  pictures !!! that I can understand   ;D

I am hoping to try for some salmon myself, perhaps this weekend.  And just like the pictures, I am trying to 'keep it simple'