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Bill,

I guess this does make me old. A harder butt section for sure and think it's more like 60% butt, 20% mid and 20% tippet. Stepping down no more than .002" per section. Having a blood knot...

Hey Bill,

I did some looking around and only found one company that puts out a kit. FrogHair of which I'm not familiar with, sells a kit.

Can still buy all the various sizes needed from Orvis...

Does anyone make these any more? I used to get the one Orvis put out with their Super Strong mono but can't find that.

Someone just posted on the Gold Country section of Craigs List, that they found a fly rod in case near Indian Valley campground on 49.
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For many years mine was Donzo, apparently my storytelling prowess was akin to Hunter S. Thompsons. I don't hear it much anymore except for a few dear old friends.

I hear ya Bill, I've been part of a small group for a long time and it's getting smaller by the day. The thing is while everybody seems to be looking for the next great thing, I take pleasure in...

Well I might be taking it to the extreme, but since most of my leaders have between 7-9 sections, I see no need to throw it all away. The last third of leader including the tippet section is all I...

I've been tying my own leaders for as long as I can remember. Everything from saltwater to 7X trout. I'm cheap so I buy a leader tie kit about every 10 yrs. I just tie on a new tippet section as...

SHigSpeed, you can have them. email me a phone# and I'll give ya a call.

I bought these size 11, wore them once and decided they were just a bit small, so bought another pair of 12's.
I'm pretty much an 11 in everything else, so I think they might run small. If you're...