Dear DC
Wee follow-up:
I agree that in ordinary dry-fly fishing (up, down, or across), the best
combo is a leader that straightens with accuracy and a tippet that is
slack to combat drag; furled leaders do this well.
However, when casting to the bank from a drift-boat in swift-flowing
rivers, slack in the tippet isn't sufficient. One needs slack in the
entire leader in addition to an upstream mend of the line in order to
get 10 - 30' dead-drifts a few inches from the bank or along a seam. Now
the "controllable" rebound of a furled leader is invaluable. Moreover,
the furled leader is far easier to "dump" for maximum slack; at least in
my hands.
Still on the shore, although colder than a few minutes ago;
Paul
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Paul Marriner
Outdoor Writing & Photography. Member OWAA & OWC. Author of Stillwater
Fly Fishing - Tools & Tactics (CD), Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies,
Miramichi River Journal, Ausable River Journal, and Atlantic Salmon.
