Conan The Librarian wrote:
"Peaceful Bill" wrote in message
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Ken Fortenberry wrote:
As for me, tried 'em, didn't like 'em, don't, won't use 'em. Not
enough oomph in the bass bug sizes and too much splash in the
delicate dry fly sizes.

Good enough. Thanks.

No flame wars intended.

FWIW, I'm one of the folks who likes furled leaders. But I don't care
for the ones made from mono, as they don't seem to be much of an improvement
over a regular mono tapered leader. I make my own from Unithread, and to me
that's the only way to go if you're going furled. They are very supple,
turn over really nicely, and contrary to Ken's statement, they don't spray
if they are treated with floatant. (I use Mucilin on mine.)

Having said all that, I don't use them exclusively, but they are decent
for dry fly fishing in situations where you're working with a short line
out. And if you attach a "tippet ring" to the end, it makes for easy tippet
changes and the leader will last just about as long as you want it to.

FYI, furled are not the same as braided.

The tippet you tie to the ring, is that furled or just plain mono ?
If it's mono that would probably solve my splash problem but still
I haven't ever used one that was better than just a well constructed
mono leader and in the case of heaving bass bugs where I like a really
stiff butt on my leader the furled ones are inferior. IMNSHO.

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Ken Fortenberry