I will agree with Scott's assessment here - my main reason for going to them was the lack of memory and the casting ability. I've been fishing them for about 4 years, and I guess I've just re-adjusted my mending to adjust for any drag issues.
On Nov 28, 2007 8:06 PM, scott bearden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If anything it is more supple and goes with cross currents even better. > Overall I think the best advantage is better turn over of the fly and added > shock resistance for lighter tippet. I fish with 7X and 8X all the time and > I cannot recall the last time I broke a fish off. If you grease it up it > will float just fine and if it starts to sink I just run it through my shirt > pinched between my fingers to squeeze out any water and then re-grease it > (fair warning, if you use silicone, you won't ever wash it out). If you are > worried about drag then you are fishing with too short a leader IMHO. You > want to leave enough room ahead of the fish to avoid spooking it when the > fly lands, but not so far away that you start dragging before it reaches the > fish. This is where pin point accuracy in casting is important and it does > take a lot of practice. We all drag at some point, in fact with caddis I do > it all the time intentionally, but with mayflies it is a mortal sin. For dry > fly fishing I wouldn't use anything else but a furled leader. I keep two or > three on me just in case something happens, but I have had the same ones for > three years and they have not worn out nor have I lost them to a log or a > tree. I only lose the tippet and fly, or if my knot isn't good at the fly > then I lose just that which tells me I would have broken the fly off on a > fish too. Flies and tippet though are cheap and easy to replace and I don't > have to worry about rebuilding an entire leader. I clip some tippet off the > spool, tie on a fly and I am back on the water. I have watched a friend of > mine fumble for half an hour after losing half his regular leader. Time on > the water is too precious. > > Scott Bearden > > > On Nov 28, 2007 5:22 PM, Lane McKellar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Tony, > > > > What is it you like about them? Do you have drag issues at all? > > > > Lane > > > > > > On 11/28/07, Anthony Spezio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Furled leaders is all I have been using for the past > > > six years. Will never go back to plastic. > > > Tony > > > --- "Taylor, Lance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > My buddy Greag Scratchley tyed me up a bunch of > > > > Furled Leaders before. > > > > They are nice indeed, and whenever I finally do get > > > > around to building > > > > my own board, yeah I doubt I will ever go back for > > > > cost reasons alone. > > > > You can make them clear if you want to with > > > > 'invisible' sewing thread, > > > > what he uses. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://flyangler.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid= > > > > 31 > > > > > > > > RB > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Behalf Of Lane McKellar > > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:48 AM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: [VFB] Furled vs. Mono > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok, sometime back I asked about furled leaders on > > > > the list and some > > > > gracious list members supplied me with nearly a life > > > > time supply of > > > > furled leader. I have been switching back and forth > > > > between furled and > > > > mono since and have yet to decide on a clear winner > > > > (mono pun intended). > > > > The biggest benefit that I see with furled is lack > > > > of memory, but the > > > > braided style gives me a mental block when if comes > > > > to drag, probably > > > > unfounded but I just get it in my head that the > > > > currents will have more > > > > of an effect on it than mono. I don't get heartburn > > > > over it having > > > > color or not being clear, I like that better than > > > > shiny mono. But I > > > > have heard many try furled and will never go back, I > > > > could use either > > > > just wondering what others see that they like so > > > > much better? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Lane McKellar > > > > > > > > Team Leader, SCM > > > > Pennsylvania Distribution Center > > > > > > > > Voice: (717) 530 - 4503 > > > > Fax: (717) 530 - 1332 > > > > Cell: (717) 372 - 5499 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > 301 East Dykeman Rd. > > > > > > > > Shippensburg PA 17257 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > > Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you > > > with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. > > > http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ > > > > > > > > -- Ed Roden flyfished at gmail dot com - OR - flyfished at questquality dot com
