RHenn,
This is the best method for a perm. connection that I've found. There are other loop/loop methods but...I hate loops.
You'll need to log in but it's worth it ..
http://furledleaders.proboards26.com...lay&thread=314
Jeremy
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RHenn,
This is the best method for a perm. connection that I've found. There are other loop/loop methods but...I hate loops.
You'll need to log in but it's worth it ..
http://furledleaders.proboards26.com...lay&thread=314
Jeremy
Right now, I prefer store-bought tapered leaders. Mostly 'cause I can't be bothered with making my own. However, the more I read about furled leaders, the more I become interested in them.
Mike
RHenn -
Two points -
Furled leaders made with kevlar tying thread also have virtually no stretch and are very strong.
The Castwell Knot is an excellent way to attach the loop in the butt of the furled leader to your fly line. It is my prefered method if I am not going to be changing leaders on a given fly line.
John
Boy, howdie on that kevlar not having any "give"! Ya gotta be really careful furling that stuff, or you'll have posts flying all over the place!!:p
My board is the standard "Kathy Scott" board ... granted, I painted mine, and added painted flowers and ladybugs :rolleyes: ... and I turn/twist/furl my threads with a Dremel tool. Found that with the Kevlar if I don't pay close attention, and give with the thread, the bottom post will pop out (sometimes with great authority!!) :p
John, you are probably using the 10% twist...those of us that twist to just before pigtailing...are "living on the edge":roll::roll:.
RHenn, as John said give the Castwell knot a try ...very simple....go to the knot section on this site and watch the animation.
Jeremy's suggestion is excellent but more involved and really permanent...you may want to wait till you get your feet wet...hhmmm is that a pun:D.
Duck,
I think I'm going to have to try and not be so stubborn. John has mentioned this before and I haven't tried it as yet...afraid of failure on such a simple connection!!!!
I'll give in now. But I'm really a skeptic.
And yes, that knotted connection is permanent.
Now I'm going to try the Cast. Knot. soon. I'm leery though.
Jeremy.
Jeremy, I edited the above ...wrong name ...reads a little different...
But re: the Castwell...I was too...and since using haven't had a failure but I only have it on a couple of lines.
You can tell when you tie it if you've really got it "set"...and how much of the tag end you trim off is an issue in my mind...ideally flush but that worries me.
Duck -
My set up has a traveling post to which the tip end of the leader is attached. I can crank it way past 10% twist, and usually do. I'd have to crank it about to about 45% twist at which time the carrier for the traveling post would hang up at the junction of the butt end board and the tip end board. The thread would break before the post would go flying.
John
Traveling post is under controlled tension applied by shock cord -
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...004_edited.jpg
Junction of butt and tip boards is just beyond clamp -
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...3_edited-1.jpg