Walter & Group.......
Troy Miller sent this message to Al Crise's Group. It pertains to our discussions on transfer of fly line energy:-
from Troy
To reinforce Bruce's description of hinging line, recall how the
Harvey Dry
Fly Leader works. The short, third-to-last section of
leader
intentionally disrupts the smooth energy flow and shocks the
tippet
sections into the waves that we seek. To enhance this effect,
the leader
should be constructed from stiffer mono in the butt and limp mono
in the
tippet.
When you tie your own leaders, you get to play with all
this and watch the
effect. If I don't want such pronounced S-curves,
then I either use all
the same stiffness of leader material, or I make the
hinge point
"not-so-short". If I really want to exaggerate the
S-curves, then I make
that hinge about 6" long and also shorten the
second-to-last section down
to 8 or 10". I may even add 6" or a foot to
the tippet section. You'd
honestly be amazed at how much control you
have over the layout of your
leader if you pay attention to the "energy flow
factors".
Of course, a flyline will behave similarly if the same precepts
are
followed.
Regards -- TAM
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Troy ....
Having done no scientific studies on this, I have always tried to match the stiffness between that of the butt section of my salt water leaders to that of the fly line with heavy enough material so that the mass profiles of the two materials are not too different for a smooth turnover with the straight layout I usually need .... especially for permit fishing where the fish will often pick up the fly and drop it in an instant before I can come tight. Any slack and you get no hook up.
As you know, Bruce Richards feels that matching the mass profiles is much more important than matching stiffness. I have felt the other way, though I do think both are important.
Bruce may be correct .... I'd love to see a simple experiment to prove it one way or the other.
Gordy
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