Here are the DFW meeting notes for proposed regulation changes.
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.a...umentID=148205
The proposed text for the leader regulations:
"It shall be unlawful to use any configuration of fishing tackle in anadromous waters unless the distance between the terminal hook or terminal lure and any weight attached to the line or leader, whether fixed or sliding, is less than six feet. For purposes of this section, “weight” includes any product used to submerge the line or leader, including non-buoyant artificial flies or artificial lures, but does not include integrated or sinking fly fishing lines, lead core lines used while trolling from a boat, dropper weights used while trolling from a boat, or clipped weights used with downrigger systems."
The way I see it, an indicator or foam grasshopper doesn't start the measurement. A #18 copper john might and a heavily weighted woolly bugger would certainly qualify as a weight. Splitshot is an obvious trigger. A section of T17 tip doesn't count, or does it?
--Joe
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