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Been using my own furled leaders for a few years now. Love them for dries - the suppleness handles the cross currents very well.

 

tried them for nymphing, don't seem to sink as well - even the fluoro ones. The water resistance of all that braid I expect.

 

 

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Just made one with some 20 pound mono in about 5 minutes. Pretty sweet! One thing though that they said wrong is that your leader is only as strong as the original mono. Your chain is only as strong as the weakest link... It would break at the single strand loop that you tie your tippet onto. But I am sure your tippet would break before then anyways... He is definitely right about the length though, I started with about 2.5m and ended with 1m. (8 ft to 3 ft)

 

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Or in the flyfishermans case: your leader is only as strong as your weakest knot!

 

Your chain is only as strong as the weakest link...

 

 

Tied a bunch up tonight with 6 lb spiderline and they seem quite good. They have all the tendencies of a furled leader with good turnover and suppleness.

 

The thing I really like about this leader is that it could be made on stream or on a high mountain lake if you were in a pinch.

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