Also a like from this side of the Atlantic. Mine are all over Holland these days;). Might try the fluoro tippet way, don't like the fluoro furled leaders i made, too stiff.
Karel
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Also a like from this side of the Atlantic. Mine are all over Holland these days;). Might try the fluoro tippet way, don't like the fluoro furled leaders i made, too stiff.
Karel
You mean something like this? http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t243/karelgol/V-lead.jpg
Karel
I totally agree with you about prefering the metric system!;)
Karel
The CDs arrived in good order here in The Netherlands, thanks! For those who want to compare the formulas with the outcome of the spreadsheet, Stephen adds 10% to the wanted final length, in the...
Thought i'd never agree with Jack, but now i do. It's too much fun getting a reaction from the "horse and carriage" people;). And now for a serious note, it's way better to argue about furled leaders...
First of all don't print them out! That way you'll kill their flexibility which they need to support your logic. Spreadsheets are a great tool (and nothing more then a tool!) to help you analyse...
First wanted to build an atomic bomb in my back yard, but my wife wouldn't let me. So i choose to build furled leaders with a hint of science to it. Or more seriously, the aim of this whole thing is...
I do use spreadsheets, here you can download a spreadsheet of Steves formula http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1418258/BFLF.xls I mostly use it for the V-setup. Like Steves formula, feel free to use it, and of...
Perhaps it's just a matter of too much wax. I just rub the male ferrule along the side of my nose before i put the rod together. No need to carry around candles.
Karel
Her are some densities from different materials, so far in theory for a floating leader without floatant Wapsi UTC should do the trick.
polyester(Avg) 1.38 g/cc (Guetermann threads, UNI thread))...
;) Suppose trying to get some tighter furls in. Just a warning, don't try to get to 30%, you won't like the leader. Don't ask how i know.
Karel
As the extra stored energy will cause the leader to shorten more(the first time you won't know how much), i'd go for determining the length of a testleader using your method to find the % of...
In the proposed method of twisting until 10% and then twisting more until the torque setting of the screwdriver is reached i think you'll end up with a shorter leader then you expected. All the...
Hey, that's me!
Karel
Sure, but you can also fail to make a profit if you don't sell because of a high price. On the other hand i think the real specialty products (flies for example) are way too cheap to make a profit....
I'm into furled leaders, just for the reason they allways work fine, doesn't matter how much BS you put into it. And yes, i did put a lot of BS into it, but only for fun. I don't use any of the FF...
Being one of those rocket scientists i suppose i have to answer this one: Don't know, i don't make enough leaders to sacrifice some of them for testing purposes, which in my opinion is the only way...
If you're looking for a description to make leaders from braided backing as opposed to furling or knotting see this site. It's in german but the pictures should explain a lot.
Karel
Sounds good, but i suppose you wouldn't like the shipping costs from The Netherlands to the US. Besides i'd have to search for fireline Crystal, don't know if it's available at my local fishing shop....
Perhaps an explanation may lay in something like "less surface area for more material". The threads in the middle of the rope are through friction supported by the threads surrounding them and...
I put together the table with strengths from different sources on the internet. As long as you don't use a dyneema tip, the tip will be the weakest part, so the exact strength of the furled leader i...
Perhaps next time i'm in. For now, i even have customers waiting until the end of february to get their leaders.
I'd like to see some pics of the swap leaders.
Karel
Yep, it's just another hobby within a hobby, exactly like flytying, rodbuilding, reelsmithing etc.
Karel
For "camouflage" leaders the V-setup is also useable. For a spiraled pattern i suppose i'd have to add an extra peg.
Karel
Might do something similar, still haven't given up the idea of furling a complete fly line yet.
Karel