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Anyone have any positive experiences with furled leaders on spey lines?
I bought a Spey length furled leader months ago and didn't like it, but don't remember what I tried it on. Last week I had the Winston DBF out with a new XLT 7/8. I had cut 18" off the tip of the XLT and looped it, and had a long mono leader on it. I wasn't happy with the mono leader as it was an old one (forgot my good leader wallet with the new stuff in it) and rummaged through my gear looking for something else to tie on. Found the furled leader, figured what the heck.
Man, it really smoothed out the turnover of the line. The furled leader seems to act as an extension of the line and the turnover of the fly is improved significantly. It does tend to want to stick just a little on the intial lift and sweep, but this was easily overcome by lifting just a tad higher.
I bought a Spey length furled leader months ago and didn't like it, but don't remember what I tried it on. Last week I had the Winston DBF out with a new XLT 7/8. I had cut 18" off the tip of the XLT and looped it, and had a long mono leader on it. I wasn't happy with the mono leader as it was an old one (forgot my good leader wallet with the new stuff in it) and rummaged through my gear looking for something else to tie on. Found the furled leader, figured what the heck.
Man, it really smoothed out the turnover of the line. The furled leader seems to act as an extension of the line and the turnover of the fly is improved significantly. It does tend to want to stick just a little on the intial lift and sweep, but this was easily overcome by lifting just a tad higher.