Pretty long topic, Hans. But I don't think it has "rod spines" beat quite
yet. What I don't understand about the tapered furl leader is how the ends
of the different tapers tuck in so that they don't hang out and look like
fiberglass shards. I know that's gonna take some long-winded explaining, so
if you don't mind, Splain it to me off list.
Thanks,
Jimmy
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Hans Weilenmann wrote:
> On 13 Jan 2002 at 9:42, Jimmy D. Moore wrote:
>
> > No rain taken, Paul. You're exactly right. You can't make a tapered
> > leader the way I'm doing it. I just tie on a 12" to 24" piece of 5,6,
> > or 7X mono tippet at the end. The proof in the pudding will come when
> > I fish these things in NM in March. As limp as they are, I don't
> > think I'll see much difference in the way the fish react to them. The
> > Browns maybe, but not the Cutts and Bows.
>
> Jimmy,
>
> You may notice a distinct difference between how a level furled
> section and a tapered furled leader turns over. The ones I fish on my
> 4wt have 14 strands of 6/0 Uni at the butt end, and 6 strands at the
> tip where the mono tippet attaches.
>
> On my 6wt line, the leader starts with 22 strands of Uni, tapering
> down in steps or two strands down to 6 at the thin end.
>
> They turn over in an awesome fashion!
>
> Cheers,
> Hans
>
> PS Is this the longest running topic ever on VFB or what? ;-)
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