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Typical Fly Usage For Leader Sizes

To calculate leader size a time used formula is to divide the fly size by 3, this gives you and approximate tippet size.

For example for a size 16 fly 16/3 = 5.33 so recommended leader diameter should be 5x to 6x

Diameter (mm)	Diamteter (inch)	Butt Diameter (mm)	Butt Diameter (inch)	Typical fly hook size useage
0.789	0.011	0.64	0.025	2
0.254	0.010	0.58	0.023	4-8
0.229	0.009	0.56	0.022	6-10
0.203	0.008	0.53	0.021	10-14
0.178	0.007	0.53	0.021	12-16
0.152	0.006	0.5	0.02	14-18
0.127	0.005	0.43	0.017	16-22
0.102	0.004	0.43	0.017	18-24

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