I was fishing the Blue Creek hole the other day and was wondering what if any is the benefit of using the extremely long leaders a bunch of the guys use. A lot of guys were using leaders that were at least 6-7 feet long with tiny corkies and usually no yarn. They were catching fish and I was curious what they accomplish that my 3 foot leader does not? They must feel more confidence this way in order to endure the agony of tight quarter casting of such a long leader.