Pit Boss
The standard Reno Fly Shop Leader 8'(tied by Bud Johnson) with a (12# 29" up) dropper uses a 8# tippet and goes up from there. These fish are not leader shy. I'm only guessing that the 4X and then a 5X tippet allows more fly motion.
I would just guess (it's Greg's System) and say the medium size split shop keeps the rig lower in the water column. You do however seem to need either motion by wind and wave, a slow pull, or a slight twitch that often gets them to finally hit. Then again if there's no wind or riffle the fish may not come that close to shore and you have to cast further. At other times the fish can even be behind the ladder line or hit just a few feet in front of you.
There are often a lot of fish milling around as they migrate in pods around the lake but unless you get the fly with some motion right in front of their noses they often ignore you.
I used one of Sage's new bass taper floating lines on an 8 wt, because I had it set up for my last Florida Bass trip. Many friends used 6wts. Many people used sink tips, fast sink, lead core, and T-14 heads I saw everything you could imagine. You can use anything you can cast and everything from the traditional wooly worms to beetles.
One friend uses a single fly on a medium/fast sink line. He takes a lot of fish using a white wooly worm in the am and a black or purple one in the pm.
Skitt fiske!
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