04-04-2012, 11:25 PM
[quote flygoddess]I never thought of furled leaders helping Nymphing or Streamer. ..... Take a store bought tapered leader out of a package and try to cast just the leader. Now take a furledleader out of the package and cast it. They cast themselves.
I do use a 7' furled leader when deep nymphing because I am usually fishing 20' down. With the furled leader, I can now cast that 20 feet. [/quote]
OK, I just got home so I took a store bought Orvis mirage 9 ft 4x leader out of the package. I did run it through a leather straightener twice, I hope that's OK because that's what I'd do on the stream. I put it on a rod and reel. I pulled out some line and I cast a single time into a slight ( 3-4 mph) headwind. I then measure the distance of the cast - 51 feet. I don't work on distance casting technique at all- just the casting I do on stream where I concentrate on accuracy because for the waters around here that is far more important. Not trying to put down furl leader but I just don't see the issue with the tapered leader in your scenario. I would have repeated it with a furled leader but I'm out at the moment.
Maybe you can put down FG rules of furled leaders[laugh] because I never thought of using them with stillwater deep nymphing. Truth is in Utah I don't use them nymphing but I'm using a 2-4 wt line for that here. When I break out a 5 or 6 wt for bigger rivers in states to our north I will occasionally put on a furled leader. I find it helpful with not spooking trout when they are in calmer clearer side channels.
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I do use a 7' furled leader when deep nymphing because I am usually fishing 20' down. With the furled leader, I can now cast that 20 feet. [/quote]
OK, I just got home so I took a store bought Orvis mirage 9 ft 4x leader out of the package. I did run it through a leather straightener twice, I hope that's OK because that's what I'd do on the stream. I put it on a rod and reel. I pulled out some line and I cast a single time into a slight ( 3-4 mph) headwind. I then measure the distance of the cast - 51 feet. I don't work on distance casting technique at all- just the casting I do on stream where I concentrate on accuracy because for the waters around here that is far more important. Not trying to put down furl leader but I just don't see the issue with the tapered leader in your scenario. I would have repeated it with a furled leader but I'm out at the moment.
Maybe you can put down FG rules of furled leaders[laugh] because I never thought of using them with stillwater deep nymphing. Truth is in Utah I don't use them nymphing but I'm using a 2-4 wt line for that here. When I break out a 5 or 6 wt for bigger rivers in states to our north I will occasionally put on a furled leader. I find it helpful with not spooking trout when they are in calmer clearer side channels.
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