Pacific Fly Fishers' Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Blog

Umpqua Power Taper Leaders


Umpqua Power Taper leaders are quickly becoming my favorite leader to fish. Whether you are fishing skinny water in Puget Sound or hopper fishing a big River, a little extra help goes along way. We as anglers tend to think of fly line tapers for assistance when casting large or heavy flies. This is true, there are tapers for every fishing situation out there, but the leader is often overlooked.

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Missouri River, Montana

Morning temperatures were right around freezing but, to the dismay of the guides, the days were mostly warm and sunny. In this picture, flies on the cooler of guide Mike Kuhnert are frozen until the Montana sunshine has a chance to thaw them out.

I fished the Missouri River in Montana for the first time over the last few days. What a great river with great numbers of fish and lots of really big fish.

This trip was hosted by the folks at RIO and me and a two other fly shop owners had the pleasure of getting to know a few of the main guys responsible for the sales, marketing and manufacturing of RIO lines

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