Kaboom...obviously it makes sense ....and I believe you said it better than me.
Now we have digressed enough....Jack wants some of the inovations to furling....
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Kaboom...obviously it makes sense ....and I believe you said it better than me.
Now we have digressed enough....Jack wants some of the inovations to furling....
Marco,
It's all part of the sport, just like taking pictures :lol: I got Kathy's DVD, built a board and have tried about 30 so far. I've fished one or two successfully, but have yet produced one I want to show anybody. It's just the challenge of doing someting new. Maybe Jack will share some secrets with me. See you in MI next summer.
John
Thanks to off-shore manufacturing and fly tying in 3rd world countries, it is infinitely less costly to buy flies and rods than to build them. Marco is correct in his assessment. But for me, it's the personal satisfaction I get from having caught the fish on the rod I built and the fly I tied and placed on the leader that Brad or Jack gave to me. We all share in this satisfaction of having done something worthwhile with our minds and our hands, fully utilizing the gifts God gave to us. To have the gift and not use it is worse than not having the gift at all. Since I don't want to upset God, I'll keep tying and rod building and coercing furled leaders from Brad & jack as long as I can.
Joe
I guess I thought/think that 15 furled leaders would last me the rest of my life. Would I need to build a furling machine or perhaps beg that many from y'all . I have heard Jack Hise, Ducksterman et al are "good" for one or two with almost no begging :)
Mark
PS: BTW, my "assessment" is ONLY of furled leaders and not of rods or flies.
"Since I don't want to upset God, I'll keep tying and rod building and coercing furled leaders from Brad & jack as long as I can."
Now that is what I call logical logic :lol: :lol: :lol:
Jack, You may need to start a new thread ....this one may be lost :shock: :shock: :shock:
....this one may be lost :D
For which I am most heartily sorry.
Mark
Nope, don't be....interesting discussion...Jack of all people will understand and he can start a new one....
To bring up something else....I wonder if a BB .."Furling Leaders" on FAOL would be constructive....it's a topic not covered here...I suspect it's the direction Jack was going....
Duckster:
when I sober up tomorrow I may find a response!! A furled leader fourum may be just the ticket!!
Jack... :lol: :lol: :lol: ...I've been sipping all night :D
Where do I start.....
I started with purchasing Kathy's DVD and that was the best move I made. Her DVD makes understanding how to make a furled leader very easy and also will help you understand what the internet articles are talking about when you read them on making furled leaders. I have made some changes to her instructions only because I wanted a longer furled leader. Her instructions for the board will make you a furled leader about 5 foot long which works great. I just wanted my furled leaders to be 7 foot long, so, I increased the distances between the board pegs. Kathy's distances between pegs are 18", 24", 24" and mine are 28", 33", 33" and that will get me a leader about 7 foot long to which I add about 5 to 6 feet of fluorocarbon tippet material. I replaced peg #1 and #5 with two large cup hooks which I have opened the hook up and I have another large cup hook opened up at the 10% mark. Once the legs are twisted to the 10% mark I install a paper clip in the loops to use to hang it up to allow the legs to furl together. I hunted around until I found a lead ball about the size of a ping pong ball and it weighed in at 3 ounces and I installed a small cup hook in it to hang on the tippet end of the leader for the furling process. The weight being round will allow it to spin "true" with no wobble. You really have to look close to see if it is still spinning or has stopped. I am going to change the cup hook in the lead ball to a very small hook that will fit into the very small round metal rings that I now use at the tippet end instead of the Shorb loop. I really like the small metal rings. I still make a Shorb loop at the butt end of the furled leader. My board is a 1"X6"X8' board. The 1"x6" gives me more room between the legs on the board. I have cut the board into at the center and on the back side I have installed a brass hinge and on the top side I have installed a latch that will lock and hold the board in the open position and when unlatched will allow me to fold the board up for transporting. The latch I use is the same latch that is on a double hung window that hold the top window and the bottom window together and locked.
I make many furled leaders because I like to experiment with different material to see how they work for furled leaders plus I carry many furled leaders with me on the water and give them to other fly fishers. I also tie my own flies and give them away too. Giving away furled leaders and flies on the river sure helps to "break the ice" with a total stranger and make new fly fishing friends. I also like using furled leaders for bartering with others and the trades of furled leaders for something they have makes a stronger deal than using money.