I’ve been tying the simple furled leaders for several years now. I bought the Kathy Scott dvd and it proved very helpful. I do have a question about attaching the small 2.0mm tippet rings to the leader. What is the best way to do this? Do you attach it after the leader has been furled and the shorb loops already made, or do you place it on the thread and then furl the thread (I would think this would be near impossible).
Thanks ahead for any advice.
Greg
Greg
Did you get my PM??
Brad
Grey,
Here is what I did to install the tippet rings: I found a crochet needle that the tip was small enough to go through the ring and then slid the tipett ring onto the crochet needle, hooked the loops of one leg before twisting with the crochet needle, lifted those loops off the peg, slid the tippet ring down the crochet needle and over the loops onto that leg. You can then twist that leg to the 10% plus the other leg. Once both legs are twisted, you can slide the tippet ring down the leg to be at the tippet end of the leader and use the installed tippet ring as the hook up for your weights and allow the leader to furl. Once furled, you only need to put a shorb loop at the butt end and your furled leader with a tippet ring is ready to fish. Hopefully, this is clear enough for you to do it. There are other ways to install a tippet ring, but this is the way I do it. I also install a very small swivel on the tippet end of some of my furled leaders. Jack got me started on that. : )
Brad, I haven’t gotten your message yet, but thanks for sending it.
Thank you Warren for your explanation.
If there are other ways, please keep them coming.
I slide mine down one leg before I begin the furling, held to the center upright with a safety pin and o/ring on the upright.
i do the same thing.
Thanks everyone; I’ll give it a try when my rings arrive.
Ron … for those of us that are picture/word challenged a pic would be helpful to understand your process
Let me get the jig down this weekend and I will will try and get some pics to describe my process
Mr. Goduster, that would be very helpful. Like caddisfly777 sometimes words are just not enough. Thank you, thank you all, for your response.
I make twisted mono leaders without a jig and put tippet ring on after. Slip the tippet loop through the ring and slide the leader butt through tippet loop . Pull the leader all the through and it forms a loop to loop knot on the tippet ring.
Maybe this will not work for furled leaders
I have not forgot about doing this for those interested, have a fair amount of reel seats and inserts to get turned and into tomorrow’s mail. I am also off on mondays so I will make the time to get this to happen.
There just are not enough hours in my days to get things done, I am even 7 rod builds in the hole at this time.
I slip the 2mm ring over a #14 Crochet Hook
Then hook the small loop in the tippet end and slide the ring on the leader
using the knit picker I pull the Shorb Loop thru the tippet loop
Snug up the loop connection and the ring is installed
It’s just my opinion but I feel this method is less likely to be a hinge point.
I agree with that statement, but Jack, remember what they say about opinions…
Brad
I’d be interested in learning the Sane way, too . . . ?
I know for a fact Jack is not insane:wink:
Gents,
Thank you all. Jack, thanks for taking the time to add pictures. They have helped immensely. When my rings arrive y’all will be the first to know if I have attached them correctly.
Thanks again everyone.
Greg
Jack thank you … this gives me something to chew on and if Ron gets his up the more the merrier
Jack’s way works best for me!
Finally got some leaders furled and had a chance to put on some tippet rings. Many thanks go to all of you who offered advice and input. Jack, you pictures and instruction were invaluable. I made three types of thread leaders and also some mono leaders and the rings worked well on them all.
Thanks again to you all; now I can’t wait to use them.