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I've read about them, I've seen one, courtesy of AMU and I wanted one. So I decided to make my own using the guide lines by Henk Verhaar that appeared in a Global Fly Fisher article.

 

The only thing I bought were the weights from the local tackle shop what don't do fly fishing! The rest came from the shed. A 1/4 sheet of 12mm MDF 1M x 0.5M, a length of 2 x 3/4 pine and a broom handle, screws, dowel and hooks I had in there as well.

 

Knocking it up according to the instructions was not difficult although this being Friday the 13th I did manage to short out the cable on my £150 jigsaw!

 

Step 1.

 

Cut 2 planks from the MDF

 

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Step 2.

 

Join them with pine and countersunk screws so it can be disassembled for storage

 

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Step 3.

 

Measure it out and fit the posts

 

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Step 4.

 

Follow the instructions and hey presto! My first two 6ft Furled Leaders, one for the river and the other a Hi-Vis for buzzer and nymphing from a floating line!

 

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Furled Leader anyone?

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Hey,

Very nice job....Furled leaders are excellent...a bit expensive but goooood.

Are you going to sell some?

C

 

 

Expensive? No Way! They only cost about C$2.00 to make after you have made up the board. All you need are a couple of spools of UNI 6/0 or 3/0 thread, mono if you want super strong and from 100M of mono you get 3 x 2M furled leaders 15lb BS.

I am Scottish and anything that involves expense is scrutinised very closely!

Sorry, but just making them for fun and not retail.

 

Conor,

 

if you do PM me and I will send you drawings of the modifications that I made to the original design that makes it more flexible in constructing different tapers and lengths.

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  • 8 months later...

For those looking for more detailed instructions, go to flyangler.ca and an article by Greg Scratchley dated Mar 23/06. His instructions give 3 leader lengths. I have been making furled leaders for 3 seasons using monofilament Berkley Trilene 2 lb(.005 dia) and Rapala 4 lb (.006 dia) for floating uses and flurocarbon 4 lb for sinking lines. Not quite as limp as unithread but still most satisfactory. Cost typically less than $1Cdn per leader. Have been using Shorb loops at both ends (can be googled for instructions).

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