I wanted simple 7’ furled leader made from 2# test Berkley XL Monofiliment line. I like to test my furled leaders by hand casting them when finished. To my chagrin it would not turn over? No matter how hard I tried to fling it it just landed in a clump at my feet!!
Alas, what was I to do??
Aha!! The Guru’s of Furled Leaderdom have made “Spread Sheets” extoling the methods of makeing furled leaders for 10" Trout vs. 12" Trout and the same for Bass, Blue Gills, etc!!:idea: These “Spread Sheets” have been touted to be the answer to all the ills of furled leader making! They may even lift one up to heights unknown!
Thanks to the Internet is was able to track down these “Spread Sheets”! I printed them out one by one, searching for the answer:( I had searched for hours and hours, the wall of my study was plastered wirh “Spread Sheets”:shock:. Peg 2 is 16" from peg 1 and 9" from peg 4 did nothing to solve the proplem, no where did they tell me how to make this evil fuled leader turn over:confused:
Must I revert to the inane usage of a calculator to solve my problem? No, I must use logic, which is not in “Spread Sheets”! Mathmatical calculations will not work either, only logic! My own mind addressing the problem and thinking it through.
So I called on my experiance with Furled Leaders and deduced that it needed a heavier butt section (Oh lord was it that simple:confused:). Well it worked!:mrgreen: That is the fun and rewards of making Furled Leaders. Don’t drink the Kool Aid!
Now what am I going to do with all these “Spread Sheets”?
Jack
Easy there big fella! sit down, relax, have a drink and when the drink is gone, read this…
http://furledleaders.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=setups&action=display&thread=619
I want you to make sure that you have finished your drink before you open the link…I don’t want to be responsible for you blowing George all over the keyboard!!
Brad
Jack, one more thing. Remember opnions are like rectums…everyone has one and most of them stink!
First of all don’t print them out! That way you’ll kill their flexibility which they need to support your logic. Spreadsheets are a great tool (and nothing more then a tool!) to help you analyse “what if” situations. What if i used a thread with bigger/thinner diameter? What if i want a steeper taper? Remember you make the decisions, the spreadsheet just shows you the results without have to sacrifice leaders to sort it out.
Karel
Karel is absolutely correct. The LOGIC is built in. Just plug the pertinent info into the shaded boxes and forget LOGIC; and your ‘handy dandy’ calculator. The computer, at the click of a mouse, will do it ALL for you. Remember, ‘it ain’t rocket science’; it is just taking advantage of a programmable computer—and a few mouse clicks to replace the ‘handy dandy’ little calculator. No muss; no fuss!
REMEMBER—some Spreadsheets are INTERACTIVE—they are a programmed TOOL–and these are prime examples of such. Try them as they are designed to work, and you MIGHT like them!
Provide your layout count, and the thread type, and one of us will do it for you to serve as a CHECK against what you get. How about the BFLF as Karel suggests? I highly recommend it, as I am sure Karel does.