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 Post subject: Sinking UL lines
PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:50 pm • # 21 
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Are those from Joni? I may try one with Kevlar thread.


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 Post subject: Sinking UL lines
PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:48 pm • # 22 
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Who makes the Kevlar leaders? Are they for sale? Don


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 Post subject: Sinking UL lines
PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:07 pm • # 23 
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Don, PM Fly Goddess, She is the one Richard is referring to.

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 Post subject: Sinking UL lines
PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:43 pm • # 24 
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Joni's leaders are reportedly amazing! She and Alan (mojorizing) have pimped those things across cyberspace.


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 Post subject: Sinking UL lines
PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:05 pm • # 25 
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Yep you got it right, "flygoddess" Joni makes great Furrled tapered sinking leaders using Kevlar thread. Im using them on my 2wt Orvis as well with a Wulff TT2I its an outstanding combo for nymphs and midges in winter and early spring in pretty calm water.
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 Post subject: Sinking UL lines
PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 4:42 am • # 26 
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I've got to chime in and say Jeremy has hit the nail on the head with this one. A furled fluorocarbon leader is the perfect solution for sinking an ultralight. Depending on fly selection and tippet length one could easily get to six feet deep on a still pond. While typically a sinking line demands a short leader for best performance (I fish less than 3 feet of leader on my sinking set-ups), fluorocarbon itself is heavier than water and readily sinks. The furled portion acts like a mini intermediate or slow sink tip and the tippet, once through the meniscus, will continue to sink if not retrieved. Add a bead-head or heavy wire, streamlined fly and I can easily see this fishing slowly along the bottom. I'm imagining a synthetic "doll hair" streamer in size 12 to imitate a 1/3" minnow fry being twitch above a break in 8 feet of water for crappie - and I'm betting it would work!

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 Post subject: Sinking UL lines
PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:48 am • # 27 
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jkurtz7 wrote:
I would just get a flouro leader and forget about treatments. A properly designed furled leader for UL is nothing more than an extension of your line, and a flouro leader is in effect a sink tip.

J.
My take on it. I have never fished a full sink line on a two weight but it got me to wondering about trying to roll cast up a full thirty or forty feet of line on a two weight rod. Never done that, not saying it can't be done. I just started wondering is all....


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