There is a very large number of Furlers here. Lets see some of the inovations to furling you’ve come up with.
I’ve done away with the push pins, thanks to Warren, and have a small cup hook at the 10% take up point and use a paperclip to remove the twisted legs and hang them to furl.
I am a Kathy Scott purist. Therefore I follow her video religiously and will not stray from her teachings. :lol: Actually, I am new at this furling thing and hope to take ways some excellent tips from all of you master furlers out there.
Jack
I am just putting the finishing touches on my new powered board. I will post some pictures when the finish dries.
Brad
I have picked up a hair braider, for twisting the furles. Only wish I could find one that spins a little faster.
Spins both legs in same direction at the same time. Then will spin them both in the other direction to furle leader.
Where to start…
Ron…you can take the braider apart…e.i. remove the handle and then power it with a drill…check Jim Williams web site for details.
Jack, as I told you before I like using the old metal shower curtain holders.
Rather than use the 10% rule …which certainly works…if you would like the best possible you twist to just before tailing.
For those that use a drill I would speak against using a battery powered one…it is possible as the battery runs down to get a variable rate of twist on each leg…I use a corded variable speed drill.
There is sometimes a problem with communication so in these discussions definitions are helpful…for example be aware of the difference between twisting and furling…
I don’t think I’ll ever go to the powered furling…I’m a pretty casual furler so time isn’t a big deal and I like the "naturalness " of Kathy’s hanging method…to paraphrase something Warren once told me…
Jack,
“There is a very large number of furlers here”. I must be missing something here or at least admit I’m out of the loop on this topic. WHY would someone BE a “furler”? as opposed to simply being a user of the product? The implication of being a “furler” is that you make hundreds of them. Why do you need hundreds of them? Why, again, does anyone who gets one from compliments of your kindness suddenly wants to make their own, hundreds of em?. Unless one sells them, how many can one possibly need? I have seen a demo by Brad ( Kaboom) of the process and lemme tell ya, I’ll buy one ( furled leader) before I go through the contortions of setting up the thigamagig to make one. WHAT am I missing??
Mark
Mark, Do you tie your own flies?..make yor own rods?
Ducksterman,
I acknowledge your jab 
. No I don’t tie or build my own but accept those two activities as different from furling. In furling there seems to be a disproportionate amount of effort compared to value and utility of the item. I do understand however, that one can be compelled to “build your own” no matter what the end product or for whatever reason. In other words, whatever floats your canoe. Please DO NOT read any negative connotation into my post as NONE is intended. I’m am merely curious and therefore my question.
Mark
Marko
For me, the journey is as satisfying as the destination. Making the ?thigamagig? as you call it is part of that journey. Fishing with them is the destination.
I guess that is why I build rods, tie flies, brew my own beer with a brewery I built, re model my home, etc.
Does this make sense to anyone but me?
Brad
Mark, 
I knew what I said could be taken a number of ways…a jab being one of them but knowing you I figured we would be ok…actually I didn’t mean it as a jab but just questions… wanted to stimulate dialog…certainly I take no negativity from your reply…if someone ties ,etc. they would understand and if not …we are into the…whatever floats your canoe thing…which is as it should be. 8)
I’m not sure it is disproportionate … I built 2 jigs with stuff I had laying around…nothing fancy and was easier than gathering fly tying tools…I can make a leader faster than a lot of flies but will grant you a few leaders can last a long time…
Anyway what I was thinking when reading your post was… from a pure practicality standpoint what you said was true of fly tying,rod building or leader making.
Kaboom…obviously it makes sense …and I believe you said it better than me.
Now we have digressed enough…Jack wants some of the inovations to furling…
Marco,
It’s all part of the sport, just like taking pictures :lol: I got Kathy’s DVD, built a board and have tried about 30 so far. I’ve fished one or two successfully, but have yet produced one I want to show anybody. It’s just the challenge of doing someting new. Maybe Jack will share some secrets with me. See you in MI next summer.
John
Thanks to off-shore manufacturing and fly tying in 3rd world countries, it is infinitely less costly to buy flies and rods than to build them. Marco is correct in his assessment. But for me, it’s the personal satisfaction I get from having caught the fish on the rod I built and the fly I tied and placed on the leader that Brad or Jack gave to me. We all share in this satisfaction of having done something worthwhile with our minds and our hands, fully utilizing the gifts God gave to us. To have the gift and not use it is worse than not having the gift at all. Since I don’t want to upset God, I’ll keep tying and rod building and coercing furled leaders from Brad & jack as long as I can.
Joe
I guess I thought/think that 15 furled leaders would last me the rest of my life. Would I need to build a furling machine or perhaps beg that many from y’all . I have heard Jack Hise, Ducksterman et al are “good” for one or two with almost no begging
Mark
PS: BTW, my “assessment” is ONLY of furled leaders and not of rods or flies.
“Since I don’t want to upset God, I’ll keep tying and rod building and coercing furled leaders from Brad & jack as long as I can.”
Now that is what I call logical logic :lol: :lol: :lol:
Jack, You may need to start a new thread …this one may be lost :shock: :shock: :shock:
“Since I don’t want to upset God, I’ll keep tying and rod building and coercing furled leaders from Brad & jack as long as I can.”
Now that is what I call logical logic :lol: :lol: :lol:
Jack, You may need to start a new thread …this one may be lost :shock: :shock: :shock:
…this one may be lost
For which I am most heartily sorry.
Mark
Nope, don’t be…interesting discussion…Jack of all people will understand and he can start a new one…
To bring up something else…I wonder if a BB …“Furling Leaders” on FAOL would be constructive…it’s a topic not covered here…I suspect it’s the direction Jack was going…
Duckster:
when I sober up tomorrow I may find a response!! A furled leader fourum may be just the ticket!!
Jack… :lol: :lol: :lol: …I’ve been sipping all night