Knots and leaders · 2 min read
A spare leader for cold hands
Before the first cast, settle one spare leader in an outside pocket. A spare leader for cold hands. That is the whole job, not a new shopping list.
Do it in order
Do this and then stop: put the spare where a glove can still open the pocket. If you cannot finish it on the bank, you will not finish it mid-cast.
The usual miss
Skip the version that depends on a spare buried at the bottom of the pack. That habit feels fast and costs the next ten minutes.
The test is ordinary. You can reach the spare without unpacking. Pack so you can do it again with cold hands.
A creek does not reward a longer speech about one spare leader in an outside pocket. One working setup, checked once, is the whole article.
A bank note, not a forecast or a rule sheet. Check the local regulations before you fish.