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Product Details
The RIO Fluoroflex Steelhead/Salmon Fluorocarbon Tapered Leader gives steelhead and salmon anglers the low-visibility connection they need when clear water and pressured fish make every detail matter. Made from 100% fluorocarbon, this 10 ft. tapered leader stays subtle in low, clear rivers while giving you the abrasion resistance, tensile strength, and knot strength needed for swinging flies, dead-drifting presentations, or covering runs for summer-run steelhead, salmon, and sea-run trout. The long butt section helps turn over larger flies with control, and the perfection loop makes rigging fast when you need to swap leaders and get back in the run. Keep the RIO Fluoroflex Steelhead/Salmon Fluorocarbon Tapered Leader in your pack for technical conditions where stealth and reliable strength carry equal weight. It helps deliver a cleaner presentation to line-shy fish, holds up around rock, current seams, and woody structure, and gives fly anglers a strong tapered fluorocarbon option for anadromous water where a standard leader can stand out too much.
- 100% fluorocarbon construction helps maintain a nearly invisible presentation in low, clear rivers
- High abrasion resistance with excellent tensile and knot strength for steelhead, salmon, and sea-run trout
- Long butt section improves turnover and helps cast larger flies with better control
- 10 ft. tapered leader includes a perfection loop for fast rigging and leader changes
| Test (lb.) | Tippet diameter (in.) | Butt diameter (in.) |
| 8 | 0.009 | 0.020 |
| 10 | 0.010 | 0.020 |
| 12 | 0.011 | 0.022 |
| 16 | 0.013 | 0.022 |
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