Fly Fishing

MaxC · Newbie Joined: Apr 06, 2008 Posts: 5

Okay need to get feed back on what the concensus is ! Which do you prefer furled or mono leaders,Myself i use Furled leaders primarily, with varying dimensions,and lengths,Please wiegh in!!

Austin · Newbie Joined: Jan 10, 2005 Posts: 80

hey! funny you should mention this. I was taught even before i caught my first fish on a fly rod how to make furled leaders. The guy i learned from still lives nearby and made a really nice leader, i on the other hand never could seem to get it perfect. even though now adays i use simple non tapered leaders for simplicity benefits, i still remember how well the furled leaders casted with dry flies. I never used them for much else. So i would say that i really like the furled leaders, but they are not so great for me just because i prefer simplicity.

MarshallD · Newbie Joined: Feb 06, 2004 Posts: 95

I never learned how to furl leaders. I've tried the commercial braided leaders. A good friend gave me some furled leaders she'd tied and I tried them. They cast water everywhere, spraying droplets more than a mono or flouro leader. When they foul, and they will, they foul bad. They are a single dimension leader....IMO just good for casting dries. But I need versitility because I often nymph and streamer fish with the same leader, changing tippet sections, each outing. So, I guess I'll have to say I don't use furled leaders.

MaxC · Newbie Joined: Apr 06, 2008 Posts: 5

Well Marshall i was intoduced to furled leaders by a good friend of mine , and i tend to differ from your perspective,i think that a furled leader is far more verstile than segmented leaders less drag in the flow, i think they are better used in tandem with varying lengths of tippet depending on how your fishing,when nymphing i tend to use them as a strike indicator with a longer tippet , when fishing emergers use shorter length of tippet,and when dry fly fishing they are exceptional !!!!

MarshallD · Newbie Joined: Feb 06, 2004 Posts: 95

Max,

Cool. I want to see your rigs so let's hook up for some fishing this season. Are you in Maine? I'll be back in Maine and fishing somewhere by June 1.

There's lots of ways to rig and knowing all the alternatives is the best. Smile

MaxC · Newbie Joined: Apr 06, 2008 Posts: 5

Okay when you get in state we'll get together Marshall, and we'll compare techniques, got a few more up my sleeve that i didn't talk about ,but can let all my secrets out,LOL,

urinalcake · Newbie Joined: Mar 08, 2008 Posts: 12

I make my own, I can't see payin 10 dollars one of them when I
can make three of them for two fifty.

I use them for everything, but for dry fly fishing I coat them with

musillin red can, just like I do my silk lines. I use a five foot ferrel
with three feet of CFC as a tippet.