In my style I like a little belly in my leader. Means the line is slack enough to drop the nymph to the zone and the belly acts like an indicator. if the belly starts to tighten up pull the trigger. The hang a weight straight down sort of fishing is a little less elegant to me - but can be...
I pretty much agree with all this. I have basically gone to simplified George Harvey leaders. Occassionally when traveling I will tweak a commercial leader, but don't do it much. The other exception is salmon/steelhead leaders. These are tied as simple as possible to minimize knots that can...
