Sorta - to keep it from absorbing water and making it easier to make it hydrophobic using a ‘floatant’ (grease). Also to stiffen it, helping in casting.
> On 8 Oct 2016, at 4:48, Phxflytyer <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Henk; > > Is the BLO to make it float? > > > Sent from my iPad > > Thank You, > Alan Di Somma > Phoenix, AZ. > > Some mistakes are just too much fun to make only once. > > > > On Oct 5, 2016, at 1:16 AM, Henk Verhaar <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> In actual practice, I never move my pegs around - I ‘make do’ with 7 ft >> furled sections using an ’11-5-3’ setup (resulting in a finished section >> with 22-16-10-8-6 strands of UNI 6/0 thread) for all my fishing, changing >> the tippet section to match the type of fishing. I did make an extension >> board to make 13 ft Tenkara furled leaders (lines) from UNI 6/0 - which I >> impregnate with boiled linseed oil, like traditional silk lines, only very >> low tech, just immersing them in the BLO until they’re soaked, then hanging >> them up to dry… Note that I don’t do this for normal fly fishing leaders >> (although, now that I think about it, I may just try that). >> >> Henk >> >>> On 5 Oct 2016, at 08:56, KP <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> http://globalflyfisher.com/fish-better/twined-or-furled-leaders >>> <http://globalflyfisher.com/fish-better/twined-or-furled-leaders> >>> >>> Has a description of how to make a board. Drill various holes so the pegs >>> can be moved to make a variety of lengths of leader. >>> Hopefully e that helps >>> Keith >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >>> group. >>> >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en> >>> >>> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >>> <http://www.linesend.com/> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "VFB Mail" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> ==========================Heisenberg was right!======================== >> | Dr. Henk J.M. 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