I have not tried the short (7'-10') add-on sinking leaders for floating fly lines, but they may come in handy for some of the streams I like to fish with nymphs. My question is what length tippet to use? I am presuming fairly short since it is the leader that is dragging the tippet down to the desired depth. But, I also have to consider not spooking the fish with the leader. Most of these sinking leader products appear to be black in color which I would think would be quite visible in the water. Most of my fishing would be done in streams no wider than 25 feet and 4'-5' deep in the holes.

Thanks,
Warren

I have played around with various sinking leaders in the past, tis fun to play with stuff, but haven't used one now in years.
I would use short tippets, 2' would be the max.

A black leader underwater is not going to spook fish. There is all sorts of stuff floating by down there.

The sinking leaders I have tried are Air Flo and Rio, both are short, a Rio one I have right here is 5ft.

I dislike long leaders. I also dislike sink tips.

something worth showing - I've shown this before, a Zap splice, and mentioned it won't hold in saltwater.


For the salt, I use a needle nail knot, and sacrifice a fluorocarbon trout leader, because the tip is easy to put in the needle eye, and the butt is easy to knot,
and finish with a short perfection loop for loop-to-loop

I coated the joint with Zap CA.
Of course I'll move the T200 to a different reel in the salt.