A little trick you'll like!!
I was reminded of this the other day, a great tip for a quick release when carrying long leaders, so for those of you new to the the newsletter and new to fly fishing, this is for you! In NZ it's common to use long leaders of maybe a couple of rod lengths in total, and this presents difficulties to get it out and in use quickly when a fish is spotted. The solution is to instead of winding your leader right in is to hook your fly high up on one of the rod guides, about the 3rd one from the tip, then take your leader back down around your reel base, then wind up the slack so you end up with almost two rod lengths of leader/line outside of the rod tip. And now for the good bit: When the fish is spotted with your rod tip over the water, take the leader off from around the reel base and release it so the leader swings down and forms a loop between fly and rod tip, (note this doesn't work if there are any twists in the leader so when you hook the leader around the reel check