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Originally Posted by MacDaddy77
question, trying out fly fishing this weekend have never been before.
wife is buying me a flyrod starting package and I have 3 9' leaders.
How long should I tie a tippet onto the end of this leader?
any good spots on Highwood river near highwood house or is anywhere about the same?
Thanks,
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Typically about 4 feet of tippet. As a beginner you will want to avoid going too long, particularly if it is windy. Starting out, you could even avoid using tippet if your leader is light enough (5x-6x).
Highwood is a decent river, but starting out, I would be tempted to put you on smaller, less intimidating water to get your casting, mending, and hook setting down. Etherington Creek or Cataract Creek, just south of the Highwood on the trunk road, hold native cutties, and are easily accessed. Nothing of size, but lots of fish to get you "hooked". Great little beaver dams on Etherington, about 1km upstream from the trunk road.