Tension and furled leaders
Folks that twist to 10% reduction don't really have to worry about tension...just maintain enough till @ -10%.
It seems to me if you want to twist to just before pigtailling or to breakage and then back off... the amount of tension maintained becomes very important.
How do you decide how much to use for your techniques?
Jack, I know you are in the 10% group.
John, I know your manual techique...sort of from the opposite end of someone like me who maintains tension with a drill from the butt end.
Denny, I think yours is spring loaded...before you get to the breaking point do you get pigtailling?
Kaboom, how do you decide what weights to use based on the material?????
For folks that aren't aware here's a reference....
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/s...ighlight=denny
Tension on furled leaders
I make most of mine with Uni 6/0 thread and use a hand held power drill for twisting. I sight down the twisting thread and watch the amount of bow in the line. If it begins to look like a jump rope I add tension, if it looks like a straight line I relax the tension. What I want to see is a slight bow (maybe a half inch) as the thread twists. I am also a "10%er" so I stop twisting when I reach that point. I do think maintaining reasonable tension is important in the final product even for "10%ers".