Ken Fortenberry wrote:
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.


The leaders I was asking about have those rings for tying (looping) on
tippets.

In the past, I've usually used mono leaders that are fairly heavy.
Sometimes a 2X or 3X mono leader on a 4wt or 5wt rod. I usually use 5x
or 6x flouro tippet. Leader turns over OK but sometimes creates a
pretty good hinge at the tippet.