To provide a lower leader for fishing for Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis, which is made of a synthetic resin monofilament, has good connectivity to an automatic header stop and an treble hook, facilitates the identification of a number design, and is excellent in visibility.

The lower leader for fishing for Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis has a colored portion formed using a quick-drying ink on at least one end side of a leader excluding its longitudinal central portion, wherein the leader is made of a synthetic resin monofilament having a diameter of 0.05 to 0.5 mm and a length of 50 to 800 mm.