04-05-2012, 02:47 PM
[quote riverdog]I said I like furled leader clear and supple- I get it with dries. To me the clear is just an extra bonus especially for those of us that mostly fish for wild trout. My response was was to FG example with deep nymphing not a blanket statement about furled leaders in generally- here's the quote again in case you didn't see it posted in my reply;
"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. That would be 13' of fluoro on a 7 foot furled. "
I can cast 7 feet of line and 13 feet of leader plus tippet with a flyline a bit easier than as I can cast 13 feet of flouro on a 7 ft furled leader to deep nymph. I think of the furled leader only as a replacement for 7 extra feet of fly line in this particular application. It's not like the suppleness of the leader matters in deep nymphing like in dries. So here if the furled leader doesn't outperform the fly line I don't get it. Synergy comment about just not switching out of furled leader switching to nymphs totally makes sense. It may be of limited value in much of nymphing but it isn't a di
vantage either.
Now nest time take a few seconds and read the post before replying to something I didn't write. That is why I quoted her comment and then my direst reply to keep it simple to follow[
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Because the line doesn't sink, or at least it shouldn't. I deep nymph fish in 20' of water. That means, the line is out in front of me and the leader is straight down.
I use to do this with straight fluoro, but "you can't cast it". The furled leader makes it possible to cast all 20'. not to mention it holds the indicator better.
Can you cast 20' of straight mono or fluoro? Even a 12' Orvis tapered is a challenge. You are judging without hearing the facts, that is all.
So in answer to why, because it makes it possible. Riverdog, I really do fish and I fish the same waters you do. Maybe not the same places, but remote naturals..
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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. That would be 13' of fluoro on a 7 foot furled. "
I can cast 7 feet of line and 13 feet of leader plus tippet with a flyline a bit easier than as I can cast 13 feet of flouro on a 7 ft furled leader to deep nymph. I think of the furled leader only as a replacement for 7 extra feet of fly line in this particular application. It's not like the suppleness of the leader matters in deep nymphing like in dries. So here if the furled leader doesn't outperform the fly line I don't get it. Synergy comment about just not switching out of furled leader switching to nymphs totally makes sense. It may be of limited value in much of nymphing but it isn't a di
vantage either.Now nest time take a few seconds and read the post before replying to something I didn't write. That is why I quoted her comment and then my direst reply to keep it simple to follow[
].[/quote]Because the line doesn't sink, or at least it shouldn't. I deep nymph fish in 20' of water. That means, the line is out in front of me and the leader is straight down.
I use to do this with straight fluoro, but "you can't cast it". The furled leader makes it possible to cast all 20'. not to mention it holds the indicator better.
Can you cast 20' of straight mono or fluoro? Even a 12' Orvis tapered is a challenge. You are judging without hearing the facts, that is all.
So in answer to why, because it makes it possible. Riverdog, I really do fish and I fish the same waters you do. Maybe not the same places, but remote naturals..
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