On Aug 30, 9:05 am, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

so when I rigged up my 6wt for smallie fishing....
Furled leaders still suck.......
Back to good old Orvis SuperStrong tapered leaders

I never tried a furled leader. But your post does come wrapped
in a big bugs for samllie context. And then ends up liking
tapered leaders.

So it occurred to me: tapered leaders are great, but they
seldom (never yet, that I've ever seen) have enough backbone
to toss bass bugs of any kind. So I either make my own
leaders from scratch (most of the time) or I add a thicker,
stouter leader butt to the rear end of the tapered section.

Then you can cast big bugs in the wind. And the fat butt
tends to sink quickly, which helps drag the whole leader
under with it, so you don't get that long squiggly, fish-scaring
dimple on the surface, between fly line and floating bug.