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LEADERS Purpose and Evolution The leader is the delicate connecting line between the necessarily coarse line used in fly fishing and the dainty, feathered creations we use as lures. Its principal use is to decrease the visibility of the line and to avoid weight at the end of the cast. Early anglers used leaders of horse hair and the first fly fishers of Kentucky used fine sewing silk. Silk Worm Gut Silk worm gut was first used for leaders in the middle of the 18th century. This material is not the intestine of the silk worm but the contents of the cocoon spinning sacs which lie folded on either side of the worm's alimentary tract. As soon as the worm is ready to spin its cocoon the tip of this spinning material appears at the worm's " mouth." At this stage the worm is taken |
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