Hi,

Just for fun, I've been keeping a map marked with a dot for every furled leader maker I've found. I began when I met Jim Cramer in Montana, and realized that it wasn't just an eastern thing (my mentors were from Maryland, Rhode Island, and Maine). Of course, there was Darrell Martin. Then the British (starting with the references in The Complete Angler). There was a rancher in Idaho who had converted his cast iron rope maker with tiny extensions.

Now, I look at the map, and find only four states missing furlers: Nevada, North Dakota, New Mexico, and Georgia. Anybody know somebody who's is "twisted" -grin - in those four states?

Times sure have changed from ten years ago!

Kat