First Time Fly Fishing SR

Hi Charlie,
 
You picked a bad year to make it your first trip to the SR,as you know there is very little water.However,there will be very many people the next two weeks and maybe by the 15th the crowds will thin out and it might rain.
Anyway,to answer your questions...the leader can be 15 ft but any weight added may be no more than 4 ft from your hook.Flies to use....streamers,wooly buggers,egg imitations,nympths in various colors...hook size 10 to 6.I would suggest a visit to Malinds Fly Shop in Altmar and have her put some line on your reel,she'll know what you need for the conditions that you find then.
 
Good luck!

Charlie1- post back with any other questions. It will be busy when you get there.

does the size of the swivel matter ?

Thanks Matty

Anything Polarized. My personal preferance is ones that don't darken things up too much. I don't want too much shade, just wanna cut the glare some and see through it.
I like Brown lenses, but have never tried Amber. They say Amber is the Bomb, but I've yet to shell out the $ for them.
I get mine @ sunglasses.net I think it's called.

I always liked brown or green for the bright days and amber for the cloudy ones.  Although when we were staying at the Sportsman's, it seemed they were all a little cloudy!
 
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Catching Chrome, that is a good idea.  Tippy would be a good guy to show Charlie around.  I think he might have fished with Charlie at the Stop Sign Hole once... 

Thanks for all your help guys I am really looking foward on going up there I just hope everything falls into place. Heard they might be getting some rain up there this week

Charlie:  The only place you should be using a nail knot is to attach mono to your fly line.  Use 20# (or heavy) mono for this.  If you use too light a mono it will act like a hinge and be difficult to cast.  I attach the heavy mono (about a 1 foot section) to the fly line with a nail knot, then tie a loop in the heavy mono.  My leaders are attached to this loop with a loop in the end of the leader.  When done, you should have fly line to heavy mono then heavy mono to leader with a loop to loop connection.  I hardly ever have to change the heavy mono section, usually only once per year.  For some good advice on building leaders, check our flyguys web site at http://www.flyguysoutfitting.com/

Look at the post above

A 12lb leader attatched to the fly line is too thin--lends itself to cutting the fly line.Most I know use around 20#.