Bill Kiene semi-retired
02-11-2005, 10:00 AM
One thing that is new for us in tropical salt water leaders is the 'twisted' leader system that our friend Leo Gutterres of Stockton has been working on for about 5 years now.
One big plus for me is that with the stiff mono core lines that we use for the tropics we have to put a braided mono loops on instead of a needle nail knot. The twisted leader has a loop at the top end with no knots making this a very smooth connection.
The leader also tuns over and has more stretch so it is good for big violent fish on a fly rod.
Much of our staff have been working with Leo on the twisted leader which we use mostly in the warm tropical fishing situations.
http://www.kiene.com/images/sailleocopy.jpg
One big plus for me is that with the stiff mono core lines that we use for the tropics we have to put a braided mono loops on instead of a needle nail knot. The twisted leader has a loop at the top end with no knots making this a very smooth connection.
The leader also tuns over and has more stretch so it is good for big violent fish on a fly rod.
Much of our staff have been working with Leo on the twisted leader which we use mostly in the warm tropical fishing situations.
http://www.kiene.com/images/sailleocopy.jpg