DIY: Furled leaders

Conan the Librarian wrote:
Kinder, Gentler ROFFians,

SWMBO was out of town on a business trip this weekend, so I was
looking for a new project. Did some reading on making furled leaders
and figured that might be something fun to try. I wound up following
the instructions from Mike McGuire's page:
http://www.peninsulaflyfishers.org/T...ed_leader.html

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Chuck Vance

You are right about the nail--brain fart on my part, will fix that. Try
Mucillin for water proofing, I find it works pretty well

Mike McGuire

Mike McGuire wrote:

You are right about the nail--brain fart on my part, will fix that. Try
Mucillin for water proofing, I find it works pretty well

Mike,

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a try. Which type of
Mucilin do you use? (IIRC, there are two different types of the stuff.)

Sincere thanks for your page on furling. After reading all the
other instructions/methods I could find online, yours was the simplest,
most straightforward of all. I really like the little heplful hints
like using a fishhook to capture the first twisted section from the
screw-eye.

And I'm happy to see that I was thinking correctly on the
positioning of the nail. :-)

While I have your attention, have you made any furled leaders for
fishing heavier rods? I was thinking about experimenting with 3/0
thread for throwing bass flies with an 8-weight.


Chuck Vance

Conan the Librarian wrote:


Mike,

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a try. Which type of
Mucilin do you use? (IIRC, there are two different types of the stuff.)

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While I have your attention, have you made any furled leaders for
fishing heavier rods? I was thinking about experimenting with 3/0
thread for throwing bass flies with an 8-weight.


Chuck Vance

Thanks for you appreciative comment.

I use the green Mucillin.

I would use some 2 lb or 4 lb mono spinning line for that sort of
application. You have six strands in the tip segment so the strength and
diameter is going to be something like the equivalent in solid mono of
that strength.

Mike

Mike McGuire wrote in message ink.net...

Conan the Librarian wrote:

While I have your attention, have you made any furled leaders for
fishing heavier rods? I was thinking about experimenting with 3/0
thread for throwing bass flies with an 8-weight.

Thanks for you appreciative comment.

You're welcome.

I use the green Mucillin.

I would use some 2 lb or 4 lb mono spinning line for that sort of
application. You have six strands in the tip segment so the strength and
diameter is going to be something like the equivalent in solid mono of
that strength.

Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a try.


Chuck Vance

Mike McGuire wrote in message ink.net...

Conan the Librarian wrote:

While I have your attention, have you made any furled leaders for
fishing heavier rods? I was thinking about experimenting with 3/0
thread for throwing bass flies with an 8-weight.

Thanks for you appreciative comment.

You're welcome.

I use the green Mucillin.

I would use some 2 lb or 4 lb mono spinning line for that sort of
application. You have six strands in the tip segment so the strength and
diameter is going to be something like the equivalent in solid mono of
that strength.

Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a try.


Chuck Vance