Talon
Double Handed Rod Leaders for Overhead Casting and how to
make yours, yes we also sell the Leaders in lengths 10,
15 and 20 foot. These Leaders can and do 'work' for standard
Spey Casting also.
Leaders
for Double Handed Rods casting Overhead, we want a leader
that is super streamlined, without knots and can roll over
a fly way out, remember we are chasing casts of 150 foot.
Yes, they are also suitable for 100 foot casts.
Sadly
there isn't a suitable leader produced in a tapered form.
And to overcome this problem we have designed and developed
our own unique shape and taper, a taper that rolls over
way out at 150 feet, a taper that can roll over 2 x 100mm
flies at 120 feet without a problem. Or a single fly way
out at 150 foot.
The
secret trick, no, its not really a secret at all, everybody
should know, is to have the butt section of the leader as
close to the same diameter as the end of your fly line.
Even if the tip section of the fly line/head is equal to
about 150lbs line diameter. The reason for this matching
diameters is to transfer energy smoothly from one to the
other, if the transfer is smooth the roll over with also
be smooth. Therefore the matching should be used even on
2w fly lines. Correctly balanced it will appear that the
fly pulls over beautifully, even at 150feet where your fly
is hard to see..
The
largest diameter produced by commercial tippet manufactures
is nowhere large enough.
This
fact is a opportunity for a specialist fly fishing product
group like Talon who can produce small number of hand made
leaders.
Available
are Double Handed Rod Leaders designed for Overhead Casting
in the following lengths,
TDHL 10 - 10 foot, with 4feet of 100lb butt section, 4ft
of 40lb and 30lb tippet.
TDHL
15 - 15foot, with 5feet of 100lb butt section, 5ft of 40lb,
3ft of 30lb and 20lb tippets
TDHL 20 - 20foot, with 5feet 100lb butt section, 6ft of
40lb, 6ft of 30lb and 20lb tippets
With all the above a tippet section in a smaller size can
be added.
And
for large or 2 or more flies we recommend the leader with
the 150lb butt section in the following,
TDHL3
10 - 10 foot with 3feet of 150lb butt section, 3ft of 100lb,
2ft of 40lb and 30lb tippet
TDHL3
15 - 15foot with 3feet of 150lb butt section, 3ft of 100lb,
3ft of 40lb, 3ft of 30lb and 20lb tippet
With
all the above a tippet section in a smaller size can be
added using your prefered tippet or shock tippet material.
Please note, Its important. The first 3 sections are built
using hard mono material, this acts like a spring and helps
roll over your fly.
Do you
have a special requirement, feel free to email
your request.
The
show and tell Section. So you too can select to make your
own Overhead leader.
