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    As a tireless "Protector of the Furl," and...

    As a tireless "Protector of the Furl," and minister to the "Almighty" (Jack & Kathy), I would classify Brad as an Angel, and more significantly, because of his stature, an Archangel. Perhaps his name...
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    Time to put an "addition" on the furling board!...

    Time to put an "addition" on the furling board! Get three bids and DON'T give the contractor all the money up front. You'll never see him again.

    Contractor Joe
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    Re: Furling Boards & Methods

    For that very reason I keep vacillating about building my leader jig. I have the board, the hooks, the plans, the recipes, the thread and the spinning motor (still need to get the dowels), but I keep...
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    Re: Furling Boards & Methods

    The "Boys from Mansfield" will be at the Northern Ohio Fly Tying Expo on January 5, 2008 with their "machine." LMAO I didn't realize there was any competition among y'all. For the "record," their...
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    Re: Furling Boards & Methods

    Jig made by "The Boys from Mansfield (Ohio)." At the end of the board is a wooden thread spool on an axle to keep the thread from wearing prematurely as it travels up and down with the weight.
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    Re: Furling Boards & Methods

    Jack,

    The boys from Mansfield don't hang their leaders either. They remove them from the fixture after twisting, and just "shake them out..." literally!

    Joe
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    Re: Furling Boards & Methods

    It's just another one of those things to add in the statement; "Yeah, I caught that fish on a fly I tied attached to leader that I furled being cast by the rod I built with the guides I twisted and...
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    Re: Furling Boards & Methods

    It's just another one of those things to add in the statement; "Yeah, I caught that fish on a fly I tied attached to leader that I furled being cast by the rod I built with the guides I twisted and...
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    Re: Furling Boards & Methods

    Betty,

    Don't you tie a perfection loop on your tippet and "handshake" the two together? I do this and don't have any problems that would cause Jack or Brad's leaders to self destruct. :lol: I...
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    Re: Furling Boards & Methods

    Bartender...I'll have two of whatever he's drinking, and buy one for him and put it on my tab. I don't want him to let up! LMAO...Ohio Pontoober. ROFLMAO

    Joe
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    Re: Furling Boards & Methods

    LMAO! Joe thinks this bamboo thingy "gets over"!!! That's got to be one of the funniest things I've seen!!! "gets over" ... Ha! priceless![/quote:5b721]

    I made a funny? :shock:
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    Re: Furling Boards & Methods

    Methinks this furled leader thingy just might be my next bad fly fishing related "Jones." Just as soon as I get over this bamboo thingy that I let Montana Moose get me into. You guys are just having...
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    Re: Furling Boards & Methods

    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...
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