Welcome aboard, Scott. I'm in the Tulsa area. There are a few other Okies on this board as well.

I just doubled the end of my fly line over, and using some 10 lbs test power pro braid, whipped the ends together, creating a loop, which is connected loop-to-loop with my furled mono leader. I thought I was being clever, but apparently, I'm not the only one that's thought of this!