Wow!! furled leader is great
I have been reading comments on furled leaders at FAOL for a couple of years now and finally went out and bought one. To say the least, I'm impressed. The experience was everything it was advertised to be. It turns the fly over very easily, goes into and out of water very easily and quietly, and has great strength. Even throwing the "chuck and duck" big weighted flies for smallies was much easier. I used to hand tie my own tapered down leaders (20 + years) but that is now a thing of the past. I know I won't go through the effort of creating my own furled leaders...it looks to be way more than I care to do...I'll use that time to continue my fly tying. For those who haven't tried a furled leader you are missing out. I wish I had switched over 2 years ago when I first started reading about them. Thanks FAOL I'm out here on my own and don't even know another fly fisherman in the area. If I hadn't read about it on the bulletin board I would have never tried it.