Warren,
I cleaned up my PM box;), I Talked to Jack and Kaboom1 and I think we are going to send bugman the leaders anyway. Maybe a little gift of a few leaders will ease the tension of his damage problem.
Thanks,
Joe B
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Warren,
I cleaned up my PM box;), I Talked to Jack and Kaboom1 and I think we are going to send bugman the leaders anyway. Maybe a little gift of a few leaders will ease the tension of his damage problem.
Thanks,
Joe B
Sounds like a plan! Praying for you Ivan, hope your house gets fixed soon!
Here's my Furling jig with a leader in it waiting to furl...
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This is the way I make the leaders I'm sending in:
I make a big loop (12-10-8-6) leader out of clear .004 Polyester.
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Then make 1 big loop wrap of Cotton coated Polyester Tan.
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Then make 1 big loop wrap of Cotton coated Polyester Olive drab.
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Then twist, Furl, shorb loop both ends, done!
Furled leaders done and handed off to Joe since he only lives a 1/4 mile away. :)
Leaders done and in mail tommorow
Sorry I took so long, but the leaders are in the mail...
To let everyone know i sent out swaped leader yesterday 1/14/12.
It was a great success, everyone made great leaders. I cant wait for the rain
to stop here so I can try them out. I would like to thank Jack, and Warren for there
advise on how to handle a swap. I hope we can do this again latter on in the year.
P.S. If anyone has or can get bugmans address so I can send him the extra leaders
that would help. I PM him but got no reply. If i dont get it in a week or so I will
return the leaders to the people that made them.
Thanks Again.
Recieved my leaders to day. They all looked nicely done and I did some testing to see how they compare.
All cast very well with the heavier leaders being more agressive in the turn over (as expected). Next I measured each one and must say most of us have got to tweek our formulas a bit. Only TomS and Warren's leader were the length they listed. I then did a 4 lb. pull test as all the leaders were rated over 6 lb. test.
Jack (6' 6") 6' 3", streatch 6 1/2"
TomS (7') 7', streatch 3 1/2"
Kaboom1 (7') 6' 10", streatch 7 1/2"
Sirhood (5' 11") 6' 1/2" streatch broke @ 3 1/2#???!!!
Warren (6' 9") 6' 9", streatch 7"
Kevin (7') 6' 10", streatch 6"
Joe (7') 6' 7 1/2". streatch 7 1/4"
The lighter the material the more delicate the presentations and the lighter monos also had the most elongation.
sirhoop yours gave ate the tippet shorb loop, I'll see if I can get a photo of it.