We have been discussing furled leaders for several years but have been unable to get our own forum. But suddenly there is a “Tenkara Fishing” forum:confused: :sad:
Jack,
Have you considered asking the publisher about one? Just askin.
REE
If I remember right it has been requested before.
Might want to run it up the flagpole and see if it gets saluted this time.
REE
i know i have asked for a furled leader forum. went on deaf ears!
at the time there were 19 posts on furled leaders
now we get 3-4 posts on tenkara and all of a sudden it deserved a new forum category?? why?
… maybe it’s in the presentation ??:twisted:
John
Can we also get a forum on spin fishing with a casting float using flies as bait? After all, since the definition seems to have been broadened, that too IS ‘fly fishing’. 
… having partly explained the Tenkara thing above,
I thought I should mention that I do recall a previous
request for a Forum on furling,
and being disappointed that one was not started.
I also would like to see a Forum specifically devoted to furling.
I think one of the problems with having such a Forum
is that too many people use the same system
and use a language that is only readily decipherable
to those using that system.
Maybe if there was a commitment by all to use simple, clear language
for all discussions, Deanna would be more willing to establish
a Forum devoted to furling.
John
The ‘Equipment’ category would be the perfect place for “Lines & Leaders” yes?
Maybe one for “Rods & Reels” (store bought etc.)
After all the there is only ONE forum under ‘Equipment’ and that’s “Rod Building: Cane and Graphite”. Which brings up another forum change request and that’s "Why is it ‘Cane and Graphite’ and not just ‘Rob Building’ since more of the builders here dabble in fiberglass than they do bamboo?
I’d love to see a forum for furled leaders. I’ve been extremely unsuccessful at my attempts to make a furled leader. I’m just bull headed enough though, that the more of them I mess up, the more I want to try. 
Then there is the non existent Stillwater forum…it was called “Frog water forum” and with that name it didn’t fly.
As far as language goes…you can set up a section for definitions…been there done that.
As I recall the discussion of a furled leader forum came at a time when the board was being extensively worked on and there was a lot going on. I am not sure that anyone went beyond posting the request as a thread IE. emailing or PMing Lady Fisher with the request. perhaps a personal request would go further and perhaps now is the right time
Eric
LadyFisher, REE, Rtidd? Are any of you reading this thread? How about expanding the forums to something like:
Equipment:
-Rodbuilding (delete the Cane and Graphite since this seems to exclude anything fiberglass?)
-Factory rods (anything non-homemade)
-Lines and Leaders (everything about lines. Everything about leaders albeit bought, hand tied and furled?)
-Reels (all about reels old and new?)
All About Flies:
-Tube Flies
And lastly, there is the latest Tenkara Forum along with Warm Water and Saltwater, yet there is no Cold Water specific?
Fellas:
There is a Furled Leader site out there that has been around for years. Jim Williams of the UK started it. It can be found at: furledleaders.com.uk
Hey folks, I think we could beat this thing to death. I think also that we have plenty of forums. I’ll bet you dollars to donuts that LadyFisher is watching, and if she thinks we need a new forum she’ll talk to Ron. I mean, we could ask for a forum for left handed, blue eyed fly fishers that only wet wade. If there’s interest, it would probably fly. If there’s no interest, it’ll go the way of “Frog Water.” Look at “We Need Some Laughs Here.” It’s doing fine without it’s own forum.
Just sayin’.
BassBug,
Yup, it’s being read, at least by me.
REE
I haven’t read all the responses, but just a thought here.
I am a member of a photography site which has a different forum for every single type of photography and equipment. Over 40 different forums! It may sound great but it’s actually a nightmare to try and find out any information or ask a question and get quality responses. More forums can actually deprive you of many of the benefits of having an online forum in the first place. Most people go to a particular forum to find information, not necessarily with the purpose of answering everyone else’s questions. So by making lots of forums you separate the readership (we only have so many hours in a day) and deprive yourself of the benefit of someone stumbling upon your thread who might just happen to be an expert about whatever your topic is.
You learn so much at conventions because everyone comes together, you wander, see new things on your way to planned exhibitions, and you probably share your knowledge along the way. So why do we think we would learn more or find it more satisfying to split things up on a boards like this?
I don’t visit half the forums on this BB, because I don’t live near saltwater, I don’t have a Tenkara rod, I don’t build my own rods, and this is my first visit to the “Sound off” forum because I don’t generally read about people’s opinions unless it is productive in some way. So, in any of those forums someone may have asked about something that I had extensive knowledge in, but since I don’t visit those forums I will never see it.
I personally think some of the forums we have should be combined, that it would benefit everyone. (Like the fishing ones, I think all of the fishing forums should be combined into one and then we could all share combined knowledge on one board. Saltwater, warmwater, freshwater, pondwater, sugarwater… it’s all water and it’s all fish, and segregating by water types can really hinder innovation and creativity, just my two cents). This board isn’t so busy that we have to wade through pages and pages of newer threads to read something we replied to a few days ago, and it offers subscription options for threads we really want to keep track of.
I hope I’ve explained myself well here - I really think adding more forums would be detrimental to “health” and community that exists on this BB.
And kudos to the adminstrators for all they do to make this the great community that it is.
Thanks,
Karli-Rae
ERRATA in my previous post of the link to the UK Furled Leader Forum. It should read: furledleaderforum.co.uk! There is no “m” after the “co”.
Mi Apologia!
a link is easier to copy than trying to type the url address. i think youll have to register or have a login to get in
First:
And lastly, there is the latest Tenkara Forum along with Warm Water and Saltwater, yet there is no Cold Water specific?
I recall that same question being asked some time ago, and the (imho sensible) response was that fly fishing is overwhelmingly, traditionally tied to coldwater trout & salmon fishing, that the warm and salt forums were added to show that these types of angling were also welcome here. What would you post in a cold water forum that couldnt go in the main FAOL forum?
Second:
I am a member of a photography site which has a different forum for every single type of photography and equipment. Over 40 different forums! It may sound great but it’s actually a nightmare to try and find out any information or ask a question and get quality responses.
DPS?
Karli-rae makes an excellent point about increased number of forums serving to simply divide the community and bury information. Certainly some topics are popular enough that talking about them is going to dominate the forum they currently belong in, but for most topics, that’s simply not the case. For example, the tube fly forum that was suggested…I spend a lot of time in the tying forum here, and I really don’t see the frontpae ever being dominated by tube-related talk, so why take those few discussions out of the tying forum?
In a perfect world, there would be just one single forum page, and each thread would be properly tagged. If you wanted tying threads, filter the overall view to show only threads with the ‘tying’ tag. Want info on tenkara fishing leaders for bluegill ponds? Filter to show tenkara, leader, stillwater, warm water, and bluegill. You’d also need a good search algorithm, but again, perfect world. With the reality we’ve got, it’s a matter of having things specific enough that no forum is dominated by a single aspect of what it covers, but also not having things so subdivided that it impedes the free exchange of thoughts.
That said, I do feel that the furlers would do well to have a forum of their own here. The minutia of their dark arts are myriad, and a question on the finer points might go unasked simply because someone doesn’t know where to post it, or they’ll ask someone via PM, depriving the rest of the community of their answers.
While the UK furling site is great, too, the argument that a furling board here is unnecessary because of that site…well…it doesn’t hold water. By that rationale, this entire site is unnecessary, because there are specific boards elsewhere for most of the topics here.
I don’t furl my own leaders or fish tenkara, but I tend to agree with the sentiment that if tenkara deserves a sandbox of its own, certainly furling should as well.