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.
An absolutely gorgeous, exotic looking vine with breathtakingly beautiful fragrant flowers in shades of purple, cream and yellow. Blooms grow in 12 inch long coiled clusters on 20 foot vines from mid-summer thru fall.