Fly leaders have three sections: butt, midsection and tippet. Fly leaders are tapered from the thick, heavy butt to the narrow, thin fly tippet to help turn the fly over in casting. Fly fishing leaders are either hand-tied, with segments between knots; or they are knotless with a continuous taper from butt to fly tippet end.
Lanceleaf tickseed, or Coreopsis lanceolata, is from the aster/daisy family and is an easy to grow perennial. It has 6-inch-long linear leaves and 1 Â½ to 2 Â½ inch wide flowerheads on 2 feet tall stems. Flowers are yellow and bloom in summer. Plant this in poor soil in full sun or partial shade.
Midseason bloomers. Most commercially available sunflower seeds and plants bloom in midsummer. The red-orange flowers of Claret, dark red Moulin Rouge and gold Sunny variety sunflowers grow to 1.5 m (5 feet) in height.