Personal Furling Machine V6
Furl your own leaders and tenkara lines —
save money, make exactly what you want.
Product Description
The all-new Version 6 Personal Furling Machine is now available.
Same high quality and attention to detail with several improvements! Over 500,000 leaders have been furled with our Production and Personal Furling Machines!
Following the success of our Production Furling Machines, we've developed this machine with the goal of creating a quality machine at an affordable price. These machines produce professional-quality furled leaders or tenkara lines. The new Version 6 model improvements include improved shafts, gears, hook design and hook attachment.
Price: $150
Features
- Body is 2.5″ wide × 2.7″ tall
- V6 Delrin body and gears are precision laser cut
- V6 now has phosphor bronze thrust washers for increased durability
- Reversable plates provide two mounting options (see Figures 1 and 2 below)
- Designed to run up to 2500 RPM (the speed of a typical electric drill)
- Three hooks furls both two and three leg leaders and lines
- Center “reverse furl” hook
- Comes with mounting screws, ready to attach to your furling board or base
Save money — and make exactly what you want
This machine will pay for itself quickly considering the cost of commercial furled tenkara lines ($25) and furled leaders ($15), and you can produce exactly the taper, length and weight you want with either two or three legs! Note that most commercial furled leaders have two legs. Three legged leaders and tenkara lines are less stretchy and have a smaller cross-section than an equivalent two legged leader. This results in better wind penetration and less drift drag.
If you are just learning to furl, we recommend making several two legged leaders or lines to learn the process. There is lots of information on how to furl two legged leaders and lines on the Web (but be aware, there are as many ways to furl as there are fish in the stream!). Then, when you are ready to try three legged furls, read our free booklet “Furling Three Leg Leaders, Tenkara Lines and Fly Lines” to learn how.
Typical Setups
Designed and manufactured by The Eclectic Angler in the USA!
PLEASE NOTE: Our machines were refined over 10 years by professional furlers turning out tens of thousands of leaders a year. We offer a no-nonsense guarantee and our machines are high quality and refined.
See what others have to say
just what i wanted
★★★★★Works great. Already made about a dozen new leaders already.
Perfect for the do-it-yourself furlers
★★★★★Been doing this for a number of years now using different gadgets and mechanisms. Got one in 2017 and have not looked elsewhere to do my furled leaders. I have refined my method to use only 2 of the hooks, but my ability to produce them is substantially faster. I have 3 sons and 2 SnL all fly fish. I crank out a number of these during the holidays and give them out as stocking stuffers. Got 4 G-sons so may need to make more. This is a great product and very well built. Nothing out there like this unless you build it yourself.
Well designed and engineered machine.
★★★★★This is a well designed and engineered machine that makes furling a joy. I set it up on a 10′ board with all the appropriate stops for 9.5′ and 7.5-foot leaders. It paid for itself in a couple of days. It took me a morning to get it right, but that was about it. It's a great tool that makes great furled leaders. I don't know why anyone would want to use anything else. No memory. Just beautifully constructed, tapered leaders that you can make any color you want. Thanks a heap.
furling simplified
★★★★★Excellent product…makes furling leaders a breeze.
Great little furler!!!
★★★★★I have been making furled leaders with this unit for 3 weeks now and I have to say it really helped me out with getting the tension correct with each leg. The V2 unit that I have has the grooves in the posts and makes it really easy to transfer strands to. I've made about 30 leaders now, 2 strands so far, and they get better as I learn more. Well built little unit.
Another great product!
★★★★★The Personal Furling Machine is well thought out and excellent quality. The advantages of a three-strand furl are immediately apparent to me. I purchased one for myself and another for a friend. They will get quite a workout as we experiment with different ideas and I have no doubts that they will hold up well.