Why Cutthroat furled thread leaders are the best choice for dry fly fishing...  Furled leaders have small grooves that are created during the furling process,  these grooves actually grip the surface tenson of the water.  But because the  leader is memory free, the leader simply floats down river without drag.  This  helps with the most common dry fly presentation issues. The surface of moving water is full of many micro currents that we as fly fishers  never see.  Sure, we can foam lines, soft water, slower current because of  obstructions, etc.  But even in a small section of moving water, there are micro  currents that are constantly affecting our fly, tippet, leader and fly line.  Easier Mending:  When using a Cutthroat thread furled leader, line mending  and leader control are simply put, impressive.  Reason for this, the leader  anchors to the surface of the water allowing the fly fisher to manipulate line  without actually dragging the leader/tippet/fly.  With standard leaders, there is  no friction between the leader and the water.  When a mend is made, a regular  tapered leader gets pulled through the water moving the tippet & fly.    Drag Fly Drifts: Because the leader is 100% memory free, it does not fight the  surface current.  Meaning the leader sits ontop of the water and the small micro  currents that do occur simply manipulate the leader (adds curves/bends/etc).   With a stiffer nylon leader, these micro currents get acted upon via the stiff nylon  leader.  Simple physics, if the stiff nylon pushes against the water current,  the currents in turn push back.  With a thread furled leader, there is no pushing,  the leader is simply along for the ride.  It cannot be over stated how important  this is when dry fly fishing.  Just add a length of tippet from 3'-0" to 8'-0" depending on conditions.   If throwing smaller tippet like 6x & 7x.  I like to start with a length of say 4x or 5x  and then tie on a length of 6x or 7x.  Reason being, 6x & 7x tippet does not have  enough mass to turn over long lengths of tippet. Happy Fishing...

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Furled Leader Testimonials

We receive emails and phone calls all season long from customers saying thank you.   It is often the same story, the fly fisher heard of us from a friend, etc.  They were very skeptical, but after some coaxing, they finally gave our products a try. That is all is takes.  If I can get 10 fly fishers to try one of our leaders, we will have 8 life long customers....  Yes, they are that good.  And we stand by all of our products with 100% satisfaction guarantee.  What other item in your fly fishing gear actually affects  (for better or for worse) your presentation more than your leader....?   Answer, Nothing.....

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Recent Testimonial:

Mike-

Just wanted to thank you for your products.

I made many believers of CutThroat Leaders today catching small trout in a very publicly pressured section of the Utah Provo River. 

All afternoon people were asking what I was using to catch the fish. I showed them your leader and even gave the empty leader package to a lady that will probably be contacting you soon to purchase for her and her husband.

Any day fishing is a good day. 

Using your leaders makes it a great day fishing!

Thanks again.

Respectfully-

Charles

Cutthroat Furled Leaders are handcrafted in Boise ID.  100% satisfaction.  furled leaders

Best Dry Fly Leader setup.

We often get asked questions about rigging / setting up our Furled Leaders.

Below is a graphic I put together to show / explain the different set-ups.  Even through I have
access to thousands of leaders, I typically keep one leader tied onto my dry fly lines all season long.  Because of this, I Nail Knot the leader to my fly line.  For most of the past 20 years I have been fly fishing, I most often used the loop 2 loop connection for leader to fly-line.

60% of our customers use our Cutthroat Furled leader with Loop on Fly line end and ring on tippet end.  Just add 4'-0" of 5x tippet....

The next group is about 20% of fishers use the loop on the fly line end and the loop on the tippet
end.  Just make a perfection knot in your tippet and attach loop to loop  Stronger than the tippet ring.

15% of our customers tie the thread furled leader to the flyline with a 3-wrap nail knot.

The last group, about 5% of fly fishers use the nail knot to the fly line and the double surgeons knot to connect tippet to leader.  This system offer the very best transition of energy from line, leader to tippet.

If you have any additional questions, please email me @:  mike@cutthroatleader.com

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