Hi Frogstar,
What I would suggest, with some explanation.
I believe accuracy in bass fishing is an important success factor.
Think of throwing a heavily dressed dry fly (like an Adams) accurately with your hand as far as you can, it will probably travel 1m or so and will likely be off target. Do the same with a weighted nymph and you will throw it much further and more accurately.
Casting a Popper/Dahlberg Diver/unweighted fly accurately, you need some energy being transferred from the fly line to the fly and this happens via a tapered leader. If you are a seasoned caster then you can shorten a level leader, say 9' and less and "stop" the presentation cast before "fly turnover" to let momentum of the fly line turn over the leader, however, you will struggle when there is some wind around.
Casting a weighted/subsurface fly the weight/momentum in the fly itself will turnover the leader on a decent cast. You will also get more depth quickly.
So, I would suggest, for a 6wt., a 9' 1X (10 to 12 lb) tapered leader for general bass fishing, for accuracy and fly turnover.
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