anglerdave....see the last line in my original post....they don't have to twist if they are"laid in" properly.
I suspect certain monos tend to coil.
For nymphing I think you might like fluoro.....right Warren & Jack:D
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anglerdave....see the last line in my original post....they don't have to twist if they are"laid in" properly.
I suspect certain monos tend to coil.
For nymphing I think you might like fluoro.....right Warren & Jack:D
Tigh on Dduckster!! 4# Test Berkley Vanish Transition Gold!! Sinks like a rock and lasts forever. I've even started putting a #14 swivel in the tipet end to reduce line twist.
... you can put a homebrew bright orange thread furled 12' 6" line / leader on a Tenkara rod, add 4' of 5X tippet, tie on a heavily weighted size 6 4XL stonefly nymph, and throw it in here ...
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...053_edited.jpg
... it may not be pretty when you are casting that rig, but the fishy isn't all that bad ...
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...050_edited.jpg
... so it ain't really a big deal what the cast looks like.
Just saying.
ducksterman,
Right on!! Berkley Transition Gold in 4# test is all I use for my furled leaders. 32" butt section, 24" mid section and 24" tippet section. Makes about a 6 foot furled leader and I always add at least 5 to6 feet of 4 pound test fluorocarbon for tippett material and sometimes, depending on conditions, I will use 6 pound test fluorocarbon tippet. The whole thing turns over as smooth as butter!!
... but on a couple of the most recent thread furled leaders I made, the thread around the incorporated tip ring seems to be fraying prematurely. In the past, I've fished the same leaders for 20-30-40 or more days with no evidence of fraying so this development is rather surprising. It may be that I got some bad thread, or that the new tip rings are not quite as smooth as the older ones, or maybe I used more weight when twisting / furling that I have in the past.
In any event, to ensure that I did not lose a tip ring, fly, and fish while fishing, I removed the incorporated ring from a fraying leader and then tied it back on using a simple clinch knot, and applied a liberal amount of head cement. There is a question how durable this attachment will prove. Another question is how the size of the clinch knot at the tip ring might affect those rare instances of a wind knot or some leader / tippet tangling.
If the clinch knot method of adding the tip ring proves durable and trouble free, I might just go to using it as a matter of course. It would be simpler than the way I have been finishing leaders, and undoubtedly provides a stronger connection.
Hmmmmm ....
John
Has anyone found the the Coats & Clark .005" nylon threads tend to twist/coil?
Anyone use them and quit?
I have and it makes nice leaders. PM me Duck about my special mono ;-)