Quote Originally Posted by lastchance View Post
I pretty much fish (nymph) the way JohnScott does. I use a furled leader, courtesy of a buddy on FAOL here, made of Berkley Gold Vanish line, although it's not visible as gold underneath the water. To that I attach a piece of tippet about 3 feet long and add a dropper to that with another, oh, 15 to 18 inches of tippet. Last year I decided to use this method only to nymph so I could compare my catch rate to previous years when I used a mono leader and tippet. My catch rate was the same and it's so much easier to fish with a furled leader rig.

My only complaint is that I had to defend the furled leader to all those who said it was causing me to miss a lot of takes.
Bruce -

Just to be clear - I personally don't favor furled leaders for nymphing with large nymphs like I used in this experiment. Normally, I would just add 3' to 8' ( depending on current speed and depth ) of 2X tippet to the end of the fly line for this kind of fishing, with the indicator positioned about 4-6" up from the end of the fly line.

For small nymphs, I think furled leaders offer the same improved presentation that they do with dry flies, and this is another area where I think thread leaders excel because of the suppleness.

John