Clarification, the leaders I'm making are not braided since they have no "hollow
core". Better description is "twisted".
JIMMY
"Jimmy D. Moore" wrote:
> Henk, Hans had it right. I've made several braided furled leaders out of some
> of my rod winding thread using one leg of my wife's Mix Master. Of course,
> these are a uniform thickness the entire length. I was just having a
> difficult time picturing how you could start out with say 18 strands and taper
> down to ultimately 2 to 4 strands without having the preceding strands
> protrude at the step-down. After viewing several sites I have a better grasp
> of it. Still haven't attempted to do a tapered furled leader yet. But will
> soon.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jimmy
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>
> Henk Verhaar wrote:
>
> > Hans, I think Jimmy was referring to / thinking of tapered leaders
> > made out of nylon braid, like cortland braided running line, where
> > you whittle out sections of the braid to taper it.
> >
> > henk
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