I ordered a couple of sinking leaders from Flygoddess for shad fishing and she sent me a 5 1/2 foot regular leader in for free. I tried it this evening at the pond fishing for bream and bass on my 5/6 wt. This leader fished very nice and cast outstanding. I was able to lay down the line and have the tippet extend nicely. I am a true novice and might not be the best gauge but these leaders helped me. One think I noticed that if I reeled the line in past the leader I could easily cast it out vice having to reach up and pull the line past the tip. Can wait to try the sinking leaders this week.
Furl Girl Leaders
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dorian.ducker
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I have a couple of Joni's leader's that I have yet to tie on. I am excited to try them out!
Jimmie
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Likewise. Have yet to use mine. I showed it off at our last FF club meeting. It was a big hit. One thing that surprised me was how many experienced fly fishermen were not familiar nor had heard of furled leaders. Are these new to fly fishing?
Furled leaders have been around since silk fly lines (maybe even before). They were first made by furling horses tail hair. Long time ago. Or something like that. Basically dropped off the face of the earth when gut leaders came around. Then nylon monofiliment came into being and both were forgot. Until about 10 years ago when I got my first leader from Jim Cramer in California. Finally I got Joni to start making them after I heard and bought a DVD from Kathy Scott on building your own.
At least that's my story and I'll stick with it.
As Mojo said, furled leaders have been around for a looooong time. Had you bumped into Isaak Walton or Charles Cotton back in the 1600's, they could have shown you the furled leader they were using.
If you are interested in the history of various flyfishing concepts, try to find a copy of a book by Darrel Martin called "The Fly-Fisher's Craft". Darrel may be most responsible for reviving the interest in Furled Leaders, his book "Micropatterns" is one of the first detailed references I recall seeing.
If you are interested in the history of various flyfishing concepts, try to find a copy of a book by Darrel Martin called "The Fly-Fisher's Craft". Darrel may be most responsible for reviving the interest in Furled Leaders, his book "Micropatterns" is one of the first detailed references I recall seeing.
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I may be new but glo in the dark sounds really neat!!
Angling Sidekick
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I really like the Glo Leader from FlyGoddess. I have only had it on the water 1 time but it worked perfect and it looks cool at dusk. now weather it will spook the fish or not I couldn't tell you. I'm still floundering around a lot trying to get to a consistent cast, but the leader is great. Thx again.
fredaevans
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Old thread, but Joni's leaders are exceptional. Even use them on my 2handers. Folks who have cast same .... HOW DO I GET IN CONTACT WITH HER!!??
Seriously, they are exceptional bit's 'o kit.
fae
Seriously, they are exceptional bit's 'o kit.
fae
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fredaevans
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Good, I'm even getting inquires for contact info off the SpeyPages web board. Two more today out of the UK.
fae
fredaevans
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That be she. :army:
fredaevans
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Moments ago (via e-mail): "You need another one??!!"
Good friend in from Colorado at the end of his annual 'month fishing Oregon Rivers.' Joe got to cast these on two of my rods and doing WOOOOZERS!:worthy::worthy::worthy:
Made him a very Happy Camper when I handed him a new one I'd gotten from Joni the day before. Loaded that thing the next morning (yesterday) on his 5wt Sage Z-Ax 2hander; took all of 5'ish minutes before "FISH ON!!"
fae
Good friend in from Colorado at the end of his annual 'month fishing Oregon Rivers.' Joe got to cast these on two of my rods and doing WOOOOZERS!:worthy::worthy::worthy:
Made him a very Happy Camper when I handed him a new one I'd gotten from Joni the day before. Loaded that thing the next morning (yesterday) on his 5wt Sage Z-Ax 2hander; took all of 5'ish minutes before "FISH ON!!"
fae
650flyguy
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Thanks for the tip and contact info.
I had a leader Joni sent me with a fly swap for probably two years before I tried a furled leader. Even odder is that it was a different leader I tried first. I got one for my 15' two hander because of what Fred Evans had said. Now I use them all the time. It may be like me, they had things that worked for them and were just reluctant to mess with the system they already were used to. I really regret waiting as long as I did to become a convert.