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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,

I hope that your wife didn't buy you a junk starter set. I say that with the nicest intentions; some of them are horrible and an exercise in frustration because the reel (in particular) causes trouble and for a beginner won't want to have you going back!

Originally Posted by Flacker

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.

I'm not sure that I would skip the tippet altogether. Just tie less on if you're worried about the length and you should be fine. The reason I would say that is because you end up with flies breaking off or getting caught in trees or you just want to change flies. Next thing you know you're halfway up a tapered leader and not catching any fish because of it.