Reply To: Furled Leader yes or no

Hi, Rick, I use furled leaders most of the time. I have a six-foot leader for dry flies on my 4 wt. Pulse. Four-foot leader on my 5 wt. that I have been using for nymphing. I have a longer one for dry flies and two streamer leaders with ball bearing swivels for streamers for the 6 wt rod. One for the floating line one for the sinking line. I think they work pretty much the same as a leader with a tippet ring but from my experience, a tippet ring on a tapered leader is more to cut down on the amount of tippet material you would use. On a furled leader it just helps turn over you fly better. On the nymph rig, I seem to have less fouling than with a standard leader. I really like them for drys and terrestrials. They are great for streamers.

Bill