rcguy Posted July 9, 2010 Author Posted July 9, 2010 You guys are the best! Keep up the good work Emma. Love the Pink vest!!! I think Paola Cat has one just like that doesn't he??
Paola Cat Posted July 9, 2010 Posted July 9, 2010 You guys are the best! Keep up the good work Emma. Love the Pink vest!!! I think Paola Cat has one just like that doesn't he?? Right on Jerry!!!! I'm comfortable with the pink vest . Actually that's more Cricket's style . Now you've got to order one of Em's leaders in the Paola Cat camo color ... purple-n-gray!!! No doubt ... Troy and Emma have a great product. Cheers. PC
Trout Commander Posted September 2, 2010 Posted September 2, 2010 Troy, what would the lead time be on a 4' 4wt in garter snake color with an indicator tip? Feel free to PM me if you prefer, I just also wanted to bring this thread back to the top. I have spent most of my money on fly fishing and beer. The rest I just wasted. The latest Trout Commander blog post: Niangua River Six Pack
FlyFishinFool Posted November 2, 2010 Posted November 2, 2010 Well, this thread has not been updated for some time, but I thought a brief update on the Simonton's Spider-wire furled leaders was in order: I installed the Spider-wire 6' 4wt and the Spider-wire 7' 5wt on their appropriate rods (both TFO Jim Teeny rods) and have proceeded to fish them as much as possible. I have fished a total of almost 30 days at Bennett Spring and have caught literally hundreds of trout since I received the leaders. Both leaders have basically been pretty indestructible - no significant damage, no fraying, no un-twisting...in other words - they have worked simply great! I thought I would fish the spider-wire leaders until they wore out before I posted an update, but I can see that may take a while (or even a couple of years)! As I mentioned before, I have noticed after a bit of use, when the leaders dry out they appear somewhat lighter in color, not white, rather a very light green; but the interesting thing is when they get wet again, they immediately return to the medium-dark green color - just an observation (not an issue). I actually thought I was done with the endurance test on the 4wt spider-wire furled leader this last week. On Tuesday I hooked a big fish and (apparently with a defect in the fly line) he broke my fly line and took the first 4 foot of the fly line, the spider-wire leader, etc., etc. - so I tied on a new fly line loop with Amnesia line and hooked up the Simonton's Bennett Tinge thread leader and proceeded to catch a whole bunch more fish. The Tinge leader was not a perfect color match as the water was absolutely crystal clear - however, it still did an admirable job (I certainly have no complaints about all the fish I caught). Anyway...as I was leaving the river Thursday evening I actually found the end of my fly line floating in a small backwater, with the spider-wire leader still attached and about half my tippet (no fly - guess the trout decided to keep that!). So.....I had my 4wt spider-wire leader back and I put it back on and proceeded to fish it all day on Friday - still working like a charm! I guess my final recommendation is - the Simonton's Spider-wire furled leaders work great, last for a very long time and most important - they catch trout! When the Simonton's thread furled leaders are 1/2 the cost of Feathercraft's furled leaders, and the Spider-wire furled leaders are less than 2/3 the cost of FC's furled leaders - you just can't go wrong. I highly recommend the Simonton's furled leaders over standard tapered mono leaders, or FC's furled leaders. I plan to order a couple more as backups! You can find the Simonton's website at this link: http://www.thesimontons.com/Fishinggear.html * ´¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸ ><((((((º> `•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸ ><((((º> .¸¸.•´¯`•.¸ ><((((((º> I look in my fly box and think about what should guide my choice of the best fly: the amount/angle of sun on the water, the water temp & clarity, what bugs are hatching, what the fish might be eating, and what worked last time. Then I remember what an old man told me... " Ninety percent of what a trout eats is brown, fuzzy, about 1/2 inch long and underwater."
Hopper Posted November 2, 2010 Posted November 2, 2010 It's super easy to build your own for just pennys, go to youtube and type furled leaders and the video by flatslanders shows you how to make them without tools or jigs, I use them on my 3, 5, and 8 wts with great success. Its easy to add tippet rings or swivels depending on how you are going to use them. Gregg The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing.
rcguy Posted November 3, 2010 Author Posted November 3, 2010 This looks interesting and I might just try it. I am pretty sure this is not the same as actual furled leaders. I saw it posted somewhere. But if it works ok , it works.
FlyFishinFool Posted November 3, 2010 Posted November 3, 2010 This looks interesting and I might just try it. I am pretty sure this is not the same as actual furled leaders. I saw it posted somewhere. But if it works ok , it works. rcguy, I agree with your comment - this is a twisted leader versus a furled leader. If it works OK for your fishing then it is a good deal. A friend told me that the twisted leaders did not work for him when he was aggressively stripping wooleys because the bottom portion of the leader occasionally had a tendency to untwist if he did not use a micro-swivel in front of the fly. A furled leader will not untwist as it is constructed differently than a twisted leader, usually with 3 or 4 step downs instead of just one, and no knots in the middle of the leader. Building a furled leader requires the use of a furling jig due to the number of strands in the butt end of the leader. Usually twisted leaders are quite a bit stiffer for the poundage than the same material used in a furled leader. BTW - I don't make either kind, I just like to fish them! Don't get me wrong, I am not knocking twisted leaders - just making the statement that they are different than a furled leader with different properties. As rcguy said - if it works OK for you, then it works! * ´¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸ ><((((((º> `•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸ ><((((º> .¸¸.•´¯`•.¸ ><((((((º> I look in my fly box and think about what should guide my choice of the best fly: the amount/angle of sun on the water, the water temp & clarity, what bugs are hatching, what the fish might be eating, and what worked last time. Then I remember what an old man told me... " Ninety percent of what a trout eats is brown, fuzzy, about 1/2 inch long and underwater."
rcguy Posted November 4, 2010 Author Posted November 4, 2010 I think I will watch the video and try a twisted on for the heck of it.
FlyFishinFool Posted November 5, 2010 Posted November 5, 2010 I think I will watch the video and try a twisted on for the heck of it. That's strange - several folks on the forum said you were already twisted! * ´¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸ ><((((((º> `•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸ ><((((º> .¸¸.•´¯`•.¸ ><((((((º> I look in my fly box and think about what should guide my choice of the best fly: the amount/angle of sun on the water, the water temp & clarity, what bugs are hatching, what the fish might be eating, and what worked last time. Then I remember what an old man told me... " Ninety percent of what a trout eats is brown, fuzzy, about 1/2 inch long and underwater."
rcguy Posted November 15, 2010 Author Posted November 15, 2010 FFF, that's just mean!...but the folks at work tell me the same thing....oh wait..WORK is a 4 letter word to you retired guys
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