Fishing Q&A - Fly fishing line and leader Question?

Fly fishing line and leader Question?

I have a few Questions about a fly fishing line and leader. 1. I am stuck between these few fly lines, so please tell me which is the best. http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=&id=0030121318418a&navCount=2&podId=0030121&parentId=cat602041&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=IH&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat602041&hasJS=true http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?page=scientific-anglers-mastery-series-floating-saltwater-fly-lines&categoryId=50605&storeId=1&catalogId=1&langId=-1&parentCategory=3943&cat4=1112&shop_method=pp&feat=3943-tn 2. I am also not sure about these few backings. So please tell me which is best. And what pound, and how much length should I get? http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?page=mastery-fly-line-backing&categoryId=16758&storeId=1&catalogId=1&langId=-1&parentCategory=3943&cat4=1112&shop_method=pp&feat=3943-tn Okay to continue with question 2. The other links are: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/pod/standard-pod-wrapped.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/pod-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20431-cat20437-cat602041_TGP&rid=&indexId=cat602041&navAction=push&masterpathid=&navCount=4&parentType=index&parentId=cat602041&id=0011213 http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20431-cat20437-cat602041&id=0011220311249a&navCount=4&podId=0011220&parentId=cat602041&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=IH&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat602041 And my 3rd question. 3. Which leader should I go with. You pick one out from Cabela's or LL Bean. Thanks! Try to word your answer like; the line, then the backing, and then the leader. Thanks!! Yes I do already have the tippet. And if you need to know the species I'm after then here they are: Snook (small to medium), Redfish, Speckled Trout, flounder, and other medium sized saltwater fish. Thanks for taking your time to read (sort of long) and answer my question. Thanks and have a great Holiday! Sorry my weight is 9.

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i, fly fish, in freshwater, with light weight tackle ( 4, 5 & 6 wt line ). i make my own leaders, starting with 10# mono ( about 6' ) then finish it off, with 4,6 or 8# mono, bepending on what i am fishing for & what cover is around, i also use about 50yds of 30# dacron backing, as a filler. in fishing saltwater, you might need 100 or more yards of backing, would suggest 30# dacron. ( check reel manuel, for qty of backing for your reel ) if you make your own leaders, start with 20# mono & finish with 10 or 12# mono i hope this helps best of luck
One very important thing you left out is what weight is your rod? The line that you select will depend on what the rod weight is. If you are salt water fishing, I would suspect that your rod is most likely at least a 9 weight. You are looking at floating weight forward lines and that is exactly what I would choose. All of the ones that you have on the Cabela's websire are floating weight forward so all you have to do is to look on your rod for its weight and then select the matching line. You can go one weight lighter or heavier than the rod but do not go further than that right now. It will make it hard to cast. The weight of the backing is not all that important when fly fishing. Just be sure that it is plenty strong enough that the fish won't break it. I'd probably just get the 30 pound line and put as much on the reel as you can. You can hook some pretty good fighting fish when you are fishing in salt water. You don't want the fish to take off with your nice WF F line. If you want to give the fish a chance to win, just use a lighter tippet. If it breaks, all the fish gets is a little bit of tippit and your fly. If the backing breaks he gets the whole ball of wax, lure, tippit and line. Hope this helped. Good luck!
Ok, lets get this sorted out, firstly i would go for the scientific anglers as the qualty of their lines is far superior to the other makes, also i would offer you this as an alternative to the SA line, however they really are equally as good http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0043861319711a&navCount=9&podId=0043861&parentId=cat20505&masterpathid=&navAction=jump&cmCat=MainCatcat20431-cat20505&catalogCode=IH&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat20505&hasJS=true As for backing then 20lb is fine, for makes of this it doesnt really matter although i prefer gel spun backing as this really does offer a bit of stretch if you get a good fish, also its lower in diameter than the others and will take up less spcae on your reel. When addimg backing i would go for 200 yards for hard fighting salttwaer fish such as tarpon. Try these http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_71953_175003001_175000000_175003000_175-3-1 It can be expensive but is worth it buy 200 yards or more of this. And 20lb will be fine. Often there is no need for leaders in saltwater, insted i attach my tippet straight to the braided loop attached to my fly line, however if you want a leader try http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20431-cat20524&id=0000985314801a&navCount=12&podId=0000985&parentId=cat20524&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=IH&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat20524&hasJS=true Use a 10lb flourocarbon tippeton this such as airflo sight free G3.