Bazzer69 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 2:17 pmThe action of the rod has a lot to do with casting a team of flies as is the length. A ideal rod is a nice slow action 10ft or longer. Not being rude to anyone but most casters couldn’t cast a tight loop if they tried. Short dropper length will also help. I’m a FFF casting instructor and I still get the occasional tangle when casting a “ team” of flies. Add a indicator and it turns into “chuck and duck”.
You can’t convince me that there is a formula to construct a leader that’s why there are so many formulas out there, maybe they all work?
Reasons for tangles:
1) Weight of vs type of fly
2) Droppers vs no droppers
3) o-rings vs knots vs type of knots vs "formula"
4) Hand tied leaders vs tapered vs chunk of unscripted mono (from my childhood!)
5) Rod length vs Rod wt vs rod materials vs action
6) Skinny water vs fat water vs still water vs fast water vs water from hatchery outlet!
7) Formal trained caster vs "un-trainable" vs wild-man-fly-chucker vs "thought we were spin fishing?"
8) Tongue held left instead of right vs sun in eyes vs distance from home to river vs "honey-do list" I skipped going to fish......
Did I forget anyone?
