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Troutbitten Tight Line

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Category: Modern nymphing leaders
Very long so called mono rig, which is essentially fished without using the fly line. Taken from the article by Domenick Swentosky on Troutbitten

1 variation, 5X, 32.0'

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Standard leader mono
Maxima
Maxima green
Amnesia
Fluorocarbon
Sighter
Maxima HV
Maxima Chameleon
Gold Stren
Sufix Elite Green
Rio PowerFlex
Mason Hard
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Troutbitten Tight Line


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6 5X
0.0060"
32.0' 3-5wt.
288" of 0.0170 (05X) Maxima Chameleon
23" of 0.0130 (01X) Maxima HV
12" of 0.0130 (01X) Amnesia
12" of 0.0120 (00X) Gold Stren
13" of 0.0100 (1X) Sighter
36" of 0.0070 (4X) Fluorocarbon
Category: Modern nymphing leaders
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