On 28 Sep, 2007, at 1:48, Michael Bliss wrote:
Okay I am ready to be humiliated. I noticed that there are furled
flourocarbon leaders for sale. I use and understand thread furled
leaders. They are soft, supple and still turn over. However, the
flourocarbon furled leaders sounds heavy and anything but supple.
Anyone use these that can give me some insight.
Well, not fluorocarbon per se, but I have made and used countless
nylon monofilament furled leaders (22 to 6 strands of 0.12 mm or 6X
mono). These are much more supple than straight (extruded OR knotted)
mono tapered leaders of the same weight, and are in fact much more
shock absorbent than anything else, including thread furled leaders.
They are stiffer than thread furls of the same weight.
Also on thread leaders from those that use them. Have you had
experience with colors being spooky to fish?
No, not whatsoever. Although to be on the safe side, these days I
make all of my thread furled leaders out of light grey 6/0 UNIthread,
under the premisse that under most circumstances, fish see a light
sky, a leader will be a dark silhouette against that sky, and dark
colours may exacerbate that a little. I have also made thread furls
out of white tying thread. As said, I don't think there is a real
difference, likely because all thread leaders present an opaque
(=dark) silhouette anyway.
Henk
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