Using a long leader with a dry line is a most effective flyfishing strategy for rainbow trout in Kamloops area lakes especially while fishing a bloodworm or chironomid fly pattern. It took a long time for me to develop the patience and will to use a longer leader but when I did my success increased immensely. To most river fisherman or novice fly casters, anything over a 9 foot leader seems pretty long but it doesn’t come close to the 18′- 22′ long leaders that we use here in the trophy lakes.

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