Members westbranchfly Posted March 7, 2015 Members Posted March 7, 2015 I promise, if I can do them, anybody can. I have a program on my laptop for furled leaders. I have to get off my butt and get a furling machine, using a drill and hook gets old.
brittsnbirds Posted March 7, 2015 Posted March 7, 2015 Did you make your own jig? If so who's plans did you follow? You mentioned a program on your computer? You see where this is going?
Members westbranchfly Posted March 7, 2015 Members Posted March 7, 2015 Brittsnbirds- I built my own jig. I have it set up to do 2 and 3 strand; tapered, progressive tapered, and weight forward leaders. I built most of mine with 140 denier utc ultra thread. Most were thread all the way, with a tippet ring. My jig will build a 12' leader, if needed. Long story longer, I got hooked up with a furled leader forum through the Eclectic Angler website. I found that website because I was wanting to build my own reels and fly lines. That forum was where I found the computer program. It's pretty cool as it removes all of the guess work. You enter the line size, thread, and a few other variables. It turns out pin measurements, furling weight, and percent of reduction. I need to get back in step with building furled leaders, as I have my eyes on a Scandinavian head for my switch rod and I'd like to build some spey sized leaders. Now if I could get my reel built first, then I'd be doing something.
Members westbranchfly Posted March 7, 2015 Members Posted March 7, 2015 Posted the wrong forum, try this- furledleaders.proboards.com
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