Make Your Own Fly Fishing Leader

Here are the fly fihsinmg leaders I use. Why would you go to the trouble of making your own leader when premade leaders are not that expensive? To create a better rollover of your fly, particularly if you want a really long leader.

Leader formulas with Maxima Chameleon in the butt and Maxima Ultragreen as the tippet.

4.2m (13.8ft) Italian fly fishing leader for a 3 weight

25lb - 170 cm
15lb - 45 cm
10lb - 35 cm
6lb - 20 cm
4lb - 150 cm - tippet

4.2m (13.8ft) Italian dry fly fishing leader for a 7 weight

30lb - 140 cm
25lb - 35 cm
20lb - 35 cm
15lb - 35 cm
10lb - 35 cm
6lb - 140 cm - tippet

3.1m (10ft) "Standard" fly fishing leader

30lb - 90 cm
25lb - 25 cm
20lb - 25 cm
15lb - 25 cm
10lb - 25 cm
6lb - 120 cm - tippet

2.3m (7.5ft) Wet fly fishing leader for a 7 weight with heavy flies

30lb - 80 cm
25lb - 22 cm
20lb - 22 cm
15lb - 22 cm
10lb - 22 cm
6lb - 60 cm - tippet

I allow 7cm of leader loss when tying knots.

Note to self:

0.50. 160 - 180cm Potenza(butt) 25 lb maxima
0.37 45cm 15 lb maxima

0.28 35cm 10 lb maxima

0.22 20 cm 6 lb maxima

(0.18 - 0.12) 150 cm - tip