On 20 Jan 2002 at 13:38, Paul Marriner wrote: > After spending about an hour and a half writing a long involved > response to my Swiss friend, I took a short break.
Paul, I hope the text you drew up in that hour and a half will not be left to fade, but shared with us, yes? I would like to read it, m'friend. Seriously. > In a flash it came > to me, "you stupid bugger, that SOB has just suckered you again!" Who... moi? ;-) > You'll note that whenever anyone challenges Hans' opinion he never > defends it, he takes about five minutes of his own time demanding that > the challenger prove his/her point. Not this time. Hmmm... not generally the case, Paul. When I make a point, I mostly provide the underlying argument(s) at the same time. Something which you omitted to do and hence my challenge back at ya ;-) > I will simply note > that in his original statement he suggested changing from 6/0 to 3/0 > or mono in making the leader for large flies. For what other reason > than to make the leader "stiffer"? Mass, m'friend, mass. Not, I repeat, _not_ stiffness. It is mass which turns over a supple flyline, and it is mass which turns over a leader. Or you really believe it is stiffness? If so, take that to the extreme and see how well a rigid stick-leader turns over. > I'm afraid Rene needs to rethink > his comment. Take a piece of straight 20 pound Mason mono (the stiff > nylon "benchmark"). Bend it into a "U", then release it. It > straightens out like a bent rod. That is not transferral of energy, Paul, it is using the springyness of the material. Use stiff leader material and the butt section will be so stiff it will effectively _open_ this tight casting loop you have worked so hard at achieving. > As for the Kreh comment, well I agree > within limits. George Harvey found the same thing when building his > complicated tapers. Remember that .024 Climax is still considerably > stiffer than a furled leader butt. Nonetheless, I wouldn't take > everything Lefty says as gospel (anymore than what I or Hans says). So true. Always challenge, always question. I like you ;-) > I'm a big fan of furled leaders in > their proper place, but casting big, wind resistant flies is > definitely not their forte. Paul, I have spoken to Jim Cramer on your behalf. He asks to hear from you how stiff and which kind of taper you would like and he will build you a furled leader to correspond to your mono 'ideal'. You up for this? ;-) Cheers, Hans
