What is your balanced leech/bobber leader setup?

[DerekWhipple]

I'm blaming it on the enshittification of Google. I cannot seem to find a diagram for a lake leader for fishing a balanced leech with a bobber/indicator. I'm fishing smaller lakes around Mt. Hood and SW Washington. How long do you make your butt section? Is that just tied to a tippet ring and then 10-20 feet of 3 or 4x?

Thanks for any tips!

 

[Bambooflyguy]

I fish mine as the bottom fly under a chironomid about 18” below. Nothing fancy….

 

[troutpocket]

However you prefer to build an indicator leader will work fine. I like a 18” butt section of 12 or 15 lb maxima UG, 15-18’ of 6 or 8 lb maxima UG and 3-5’ of 3x fluoro tippet. All sections joined with triple surgeons knots. Don’t forget to add your slip indicator before you tie your leech on

 

[Ronbow]

The leech combo is often fished, especially this time of year in higher lakes, right along the weed line, or even in weed holes along the edge of the lake. So long leader not really an issue. Use a three foot tapered to surgeons, then three to six foot of floro in the 12# range as the indicator set range, with bobber stop, to the tippet ring depending on intended fly depth. Floro tippets of choice from there. Leech bottom, chiro, scud, 'baetis, blob upper. That should give enough backbone to turn over the junk.