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Post by corky on Feb 6, 2006 21:55:57 GMT -1
Has anyone had a go with these , they seem to be getting a lot of praise in that they help with turnover ,wind knot resistance etc or is it all just more hype ?
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Post by Mike Connor on Feb 7, 2006 0:20:40 GMT -1
I have used them. They are no good for stealthy seatrout fishing though, as they tend to cause too much disturbance when casting.
The main problem is that they tend to hold water, and spray it all over the place when cast!
I went back to standard nylon very quickly.
They do turn over well, but that is not a lot of use in view of the above mentioned characteristic.
I have not tried them all, just two commercial types, and some I made up myself, so there may be some which dont suffer from this problem?
If you get "wind knots", then you will get them in these leaders as well. Apart from which, the tippet is still normal nylon, ( or whatever you use), and tailing loops will still cause wind knots in these.
If you are into pike fishing, these leaders in a heavier version are very good indeed at turning over big flies, and I donĀ“t care much about the splashing there. Indeed it may even be advantageous?
TL MC
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Post by Ted on Feb 7, 2006 11:26:35 GMT -1
I have used them and there is no doubt they aid turnover. This is an excellent site with great service www.furledleaders.co.uk I have used these for a number of seasons, particularly the flourocarbon 'Big Fly' leaders, without noticing significant disturbance when casting. I think they also make an excellent sink tip to take the fly a little deeper than a standard leader.
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Post by corky on Feb 7, 2006 19:49:38 GMT -1
So i suppose there's no harm in trying them out on a bit of wet fly fishing on the Corrib next month ,and also for some pike ,they seem fairly ok to make up so as soon as the wife finishes those shelves i'll borrow her drill, thank's for the advice Mike and Ted
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