Popper question

[tjm]

I think by spinning you mean a twisted leader? I first took "spin" to make or construct. A knotted taper. I haven't any use for complications and  straight or tapered mono leaders have worked for 50 years, so I'll keep using them.

[fishinwrench]

2 minutes ago, tjm said:

I think by spinning you mean a twisted leader? I first took "spin" to make or construct. A knotted taper. I haven't any use for complications and  straight or tapered mono leaders have worked for 50 years, so I'll keep using them.

To each their own 👍

[tjm]

 Yeah, I'll keep fishing gurglers too, without twist.

[fishinwrench]

5 minutes ago, tjm said:

 Yeah, I'll keep fishing gurglers too, without twist.

Right on, brother 👍 

You asked what kinda leader I used.....I was just telling ya. 😊

[tjm]

44 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Right on, brother 👍 

You asked what kinda leader I used.....I was just telling ya. 😊

Yeah, it just isn't something I am familiar with or understand. I  was wondering about the leader twist that gurglers give to you and that has not been a problem for me, in the far away past, when  I had leaders twist with dry flies, and I had a a lot of it, I eventually found that shorter stiffer leaders helped. I thought a similar change might help your gurgler twist; but I guess not. And now I'm confused, too, for if the leader is twisted from the start, how does it become more twisted during the cast. Perhaps someday we'll be on the same water and you can show me. Til then, I'm just not smart enough to "get it'.

[fishinwrench]

41 minutes ago, tjm said:

And now I'm confused, too, for if the leader is twisted from the start, how does it become more twisted during the cast. Perhaps someday we'll be on the same water and you can show me. Til then, I'm just not smart enough to "get it'.

The leader is not "twisted from the start".   Not at all.    

At no time during the construction is any part of the monofilament twisted.   Hence the importance of letting the ends spin freely as you are furling the strands together.    If you didn't then they WOULD BE twisted.....and the finished leader would not lay out straight.....it would be forever in a tangled mess.  

As you say.....You're just not smart enough to "get it".   😅  And that's fine.

I'm obviously not smart enough to build a Gurgler that doesn't spin the tippet up into a knotted ball of $#!t. 🤷

[Flysmallie]

I just use a 6 to 7 foot straight piece of mono between the fly line and the fly. That’s all you need. 

[Gavin]

Finally got these done, and cleaned up a few. Hope the fish are still looking up. I haven’t heard a cicada in a week.

[fishinwrench]

55 minutes ago, Gavin said:

Finally got these done, and cleaned up a few. Hope the fish are still looking up. I haven’t heard a cicada in a week.

Coffee Grinders even 👍 

Looking good!!!

[Gavin]

Those are Greg originals. Good Eye.