I use tippet rings. Put em on the furled leader with a ‘loop-in-loop’ connection, factually a girth hitch.
> On 8 Oct 2016, at 18:12, Phxflytyer <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Henk; > > Do you use a tippet ring or make a loop? > > > Sent from my iPad > > Thank You, > Alan Di Somma > Phoenix, AZ. > > Some mistakes are just too much fun to make only once. > > > > On Oct 7, 2016, at 10:51 PM, Henk Verhaar <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> 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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