Another thing I've noticed about using braided leaders is that for me they lay out as straight as an arrow every time. I guess thats pretty much due to the fact they have so little memory. I've used braided leaders designed for use on a 7 or 8 weight rod on my 3 weight and while I'd expected that the greater diameter of the material might have spooked some of the fish, the accuracy with which I can lay the leader across the water with its attached tippet more than makes up for any shortcoming in that department. For a tippet, I always use flourocarbon because of my experience with the material in saltwater and bass fishing, and I believe that makes a difference as well. Anyhow, those are just a couple of additional thoughts I had on what I think makes braided leaders special.
John Roth-CPD McCormick & Company, Inc. Hunt Valley Plant Blend Lab Phone: (410) 771-7102 Fax: (410) 771-7407 John Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 01/04/2003 06:57:56 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: John Roth-CPD/USA/MCCRK) Subject: Re: [VFB] Pocket Caliper/***Now Furled Leader*** Hi Mel- I'd be glad to, right now I'm at work, but when I get a chance, I'll look for the stuff I got when I attended the class and post it to the list if anyone else is interested. Technically, I suppose, the proper term would be a furled rather than a braided leader. Basically it involves starting with a strand of mono, twisting it, doubling it back on itself and allowing it to twist around itself, doubling it again, twisting it in the opposite direction and once again allowing it to twist around itself. You wind up with a loop to tie to your fly line with a loop-to-loop connection, a 4 strand section, a 2 strand section and about a two foot butt section you can tie a length of tippet on. If you start with a 24' piece of mono you wind up with an approx 9' leader We�made up about a 1/2 dozen of them during the class using various diameters of mono. You can also use thread. Myself, i like to use them, they're fairly limp (depending on what brand mono you start with) and have no almost no memory. Some guys don't like them because they tend to spray water, but if you do a couple of false casts before you cast to the fish, you can help prevent that. All the little nooks and crannies tend to hold paste type flotants well, also. Anyway if I can find the step-by-step info I'll send it to you. Who knows, if I can find that maybe I can find that info on the caliper. ������������������������������������������������������������� -John �Mel Hocken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John Can you tell us more about braided leaders? Thanks Mel John Martinez wrote: > Is anyone familiar with a small pocket sized, dial caliper about the > size of a silver dollar (the old cartwheels, not those newfangled > ones)? I saw one last summer at the FFF show in Livingston. Some guy > in the braided-leader-making-class had one and being a gadget freak, > well...you other gadget addicts know how it is. >
