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Primitive Fly fishing leaders?

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snowarcher123789	Primitive Fly fishing leaders?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 18 (06/27/09 7:17 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None Hi was wonderi g if I could make a leader out of rawhide or other natural materal for fly fishing? Other than catgut
anglobow		#1	[-]
Posts: 255 (06/27/09 7:41 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I believe silk and horsehair were traditionaly used. Other than that, the finest possible plant fiber cordage would be better than anything you could make out of rawhide. "Sing as you raise your bow. Shoot straighter than before." -Robert Plant
snowarcher123789		#2	[-]
Posts: 19 (06/27/09 9:37 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I will braid a taperi g yucca leader then add a tippet
Mikemazz		#3	[-]
Posts: 179 (06/28/09 12:34 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Fly line was traditionally braided with silk or horse hair like anglobow said. But it was barided using a round braid not a three strand braid. The round braid is prety coplicated and slow untill you get a hang of it. I never round braided anything that small. But I think that fly leaders were reverse twisted. Maybe not all were but I seen some modern replicas made like that. In the link you can see some twisted silk leaders. It says they are braided but it is pretty oveous that they are twisted. http://www1.odn.ne.jp/bambriarsilk/Phoenix%20%20silk%20line.htm I have not looked to deep in the subject but that might help. I would love to have a bambo rod with silk line but the prises are just so high. Mikael EDIT: After posting this I remembered that I read that silkworm gut was used as leaders. And it was prefered but I gusse you cant get that to easily. http://www.wormspit.com/silkgut.htm Last Edited By: Mikemazz 06/28/09 12:41 PM. Edited 1 times.

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