Wow that is a difference. The ones that I use lay out very nice and flatly
for me. But Hans does point out some very important thing to think about.
The rotation mechanisms can always be repowered by a different source.
Bob H
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans Weilenmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Braiding Furled Leaders
> On 13 Jan 2002 at 11:19, Paul Marriner wrote:
>
> > With no intention to rain on Jimmy's parade, at least as I understand
> > the post, his mix-master method yields a uniform-thickness furled
> > leader.
>
> Paul,
>
> While the hair braider approach can handle tapered leaders, my
> heditation is more based on the slow rotatational speed of the
> braider, and the fact that it is faily low power, with AA batteries
> as the power source.
>
> The finest ('widely' available) furled leaders I know of are made by
> Jim Cramer from Bodega Bay, California. He uses three DC12V motors,
> at some 1200 RPM, well ahead of the hair braider. The furls in a
> trout size leaders run at around 2200-2600 twists.
>
> FWIW Flyfisherman magazine will publish quite soon a detailed article
> by Jim on the process of making furled leaders. This text and
> illustrations should address many of the questions which have been
> posed on this list.
>
> Cheers,
> Hans
>
>
