tapered leader

tapered leader
a piece of line, 6-10 feet long, connecting the heavy fly line to the fly, tapering from thick (30-40 lb or 0.022-0.024 inches in diameter), where tied to the fly line, to very light at the fly. This last portion is called the tippet. Tapered line is needed as the main fly line is very thick and would be detected easily by the fish. Available in various configurations and strengths but since it is a continuous piece of manufactured line it is supposedly stronger than a series of discrete pieces of line tied together by knots

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