Furled Leaders
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Category: Freshwater Fishing
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Topic: Furled Leaders
Posted By: SNOWKIWI
Subject: Furled Leaders
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2014 at 4:40pm
 I have been doing some internet cruising today, and came across "Furled Leaders". I could not find a great deal of info. as to when or why these should be used, so went back through the threads on here, still little info, and what I could find was pretty old. My question is, has/does anyone use these? and do they use the Hends Micro Rings, for multiple set ups, both salt and freshwater? What is / are your collective opinions? and should I buy, or try making my own? ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">  It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing, by people who can't fish. |
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Posted By: bazza
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2014 at 6:54pm
Not even sure even what they are altho like yourself have seen constant reference to them. My uneducated guess is that they are woven leaders that tippets are tied on to giving easier control if casting into fast water .... but am probably wrong as I have been once before! ------------- When you cry, feel pain or sadness, no one notices your sorrow .... BUT fart just ONE time !!!!!!!!!!! |
SNOWKIWI wrote:Posted By: TCG
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2014 at 8:50am
| I remember an article in NZ fishing news a few years back I think by Greg Morton... and he was experimenting with them. It appeared to give great control over where your tippet lands in delicate situations and generally made accuracy easier. Wouldn't have a clue how to get the article unfortunately |
Posted By: Fraser Hocks
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2014 at 11:28am
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Yea iv used and made them a fair bit. Advantages are they
turn over heavy flys well. Disadvantages are that they have a fair bit of
stretch in them (due to the way they are made) and if you catch a fly on a tree
then try to pull it out, and it pops out under load you often end up with a
huge twisted mess. Can be great when in the salt when chasing large aggressive predators as they can turn over those big bulky flys and their stretchiness gives you a bit of an advantage on the fast takes of big preditory fish (less chance of poping the tippet). There pretty easy to make from some up with a spool of nylon. I make them up as per this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbcVaEe3RIs" rel="nofollow - |
Posted By: skunk'd_again
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2014 at 1:39pm
Sounds a bit like some sort of unnecessary w..nky purist invention. Opps sorry Fraser. 
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Posted By: SNOWKIWI
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2014 at 6:03pm
Thanks for the info, sounded like there is not a lot of experience with these out there, so did a bit more Internet digging in the early hours this morning. Fraser, sounds like you are right about turning over the bigger and heavier flys. Interesting what you say about the stretch in them, I figure the amount of stretch must be due to the material that is used to make them, so I guess if you use a material with little stretch, ie. fluorocarbon, you should get a leader with the same properties? I will look into this further!!!
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Posted By: Fraser Hocks
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2014 at 8:42pm
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The stretch I figure is due to the material and the coil nature of furled leaders. Iv noticed that a furled leader has a lot more stretch than the nylon its made from. Make one up yourself and have a pull on one, you will see what I mean. Your right though, if made from material with less stretch, I'd assume that the leader will have less stretch. Not sure why the link wouldnt work for you, just tested it and it worked for me. Anyone else have problems with the link? |