A lot of books and mags talk about real long leaders. I've been using the same setup for years with no problems. I had the same hybrid setup on my 9 weight in Cozumel for bones a few years ago and the guide laughed and said "okay, we'll try it". Due to language barrier I couldn't find out why he was dogging it. I had caught 100's of fish with it. Turns out they use 20 pound minimum for tippet due to the scraggly rocks. Had the first one on and off in 10 seconds. He laughed at me while putting on the heavy tippet.