03-01-2008, 03:59 AM
For those of you who don't know what this is, it is a leader made from several strands of Thread, Nylon, Mono, Fluoro, etc tapered. NOT BRAIDED!, but furled. There is a difference. Braided sprays water all over where furled doesn't.
Anyway, I have been making them for a few years now. I prefer Uni Thread 6/0. They turn over so beautiful and there is never a memory thing to deal with.
I have a board set up with pegs at different lengths to get a good taper. I was using a DeWaltt drill and doing one side at a time with a clamp in the middle. Well, several people who take their furling very serious gave me the idea to do both at once. Got on e-bay and bought a Conair Hair Braider (I know I said not braided and this really isn't a braider) It does both at the same time and is light as heck.
I also use a tiny silver ring for the tippet end.
Here is a little slide show we did tonight.
http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f17/Fl...deshow.flv
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Anyway, I have been making them for a few years now. I prefer Uni Thread 6/0. They turn over so beautiful and there is never a memory thing to deal with.
I have a board set up with pegs at different lengths to get a good taper. I was using a DeWaltt drill and doing one side at a time with a clamp in the middle. Well, several people who take their furling very serious gave me the idea to do both at once. Got on e-bay and bought a Conair Hair Braider (I know I said not braided and this really isn't a braider) It does both at the same time and is light as heck.
I also use a tiny silver ring for the tippet end.
Here is a little slide show we did tonight.
http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f17/Fl...deshow.flv
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