I made some furled leaders using Uni 6/0 thread and have used them twice now. They make my casting look and perform much better than I thought they would. I was fishing size 20 BWO with about 2' of 6X tippet and the turn over was fantastic. However the darn thing sinks like a rock. I coated it with Johnson's paste wax and found that the treatment only lasted a couple of hours. Fly floatant lasted even shorter. I have read that some people treat their flys with RainX or Scotch Guard. I wonder if anyone has tried this on their furled leaders with any success. What other tips can you suggest that will float the darned thing? If no one has used RainX, I will give it a try and let you know what my results prove to be, but I suspect that it will make the leader too stiff. Overall, I give furled leaders a B- at this point in time.

Jim