Dad & Em's Fishing Products
Dad and Em with a Beautiful Rainbow
Hi! My name is Emma. Here's Dad and me with a beautiful Rainbow I caught one spring day on a brown SJW. I enjoy flyfishing and I really enjoy helping Dad create and tie flies and furled leaders.
Our Story...
In 2008 Dad and I decided to introduce our own line of fine fishing products. I was looking for a way to earn some extra money to support my favorite wildlife funds, including World Wildlife Fund, Stream Restorations, Wayside Waifs, etc... and Dad was on his way to perfecting his furled leader designs. We decided to combine our efforts and thus Dad & Em's Fishing Products was born! Dad and I work together on the leaders. I lay them up on the furling board and Dad helps with the knots and other details. We designed the packaging together and I get to name the different fun colored leaders! My favorite is the pink and blue one so I named it Emma's Bubble Gum.
Why Furled Leaders?...
Dad was introduced to furled leaders years back when he was teaching my big brother Seth to fly fish. The constant tangles and birdsnests that Seth was creating while fishing with the standard knotless tapered mono leaders frustrated both Seth and Dad. On one fishing trip Seth managed 5 major messes before noon resulting in 6 new mono leaders! Dad had had enough and began a search for something better. A fishing friend suggested trying furled leaders. Dad quickly found out that the furled leaders were much much better in many ways. The typical wind knots and birdsnests were greatly reduced. The ones that did occur came out without kinking the furled leaders. They lasted many times longer than the mono tapered leaders. The thread-style furled leaders have no memory and remain good as new for many fishing trips. They cast better with the ability to turn over most flies and nymph-shot-indicator rigs. The flexibility of the thread furled leaders provides the most life-like, natural 3-d drift. The also have a wonderful built-in shock absorber quality to them. This really helps protect lighter tippets!
Needed Improvement...
For as good as the commercially available furled leaders were, they still weren't quite perfect. Some had looped ends on both ends, some had tippet rings that bent and broke, several sank and some even used inferior thread that didn't furl tightly or frayed and broke. Dad spent many hours researching available threads, tippet rings and furled leader recipes. He studied the tapers of several leaders and developed a computer program to optimize the perfect taper. Turns out a carefully designed progressive taper is the most efficient method to transfer the energy from the fly line to the fly. He used the highest quality materials. He sourced unbreakable micro-sized stainless steel tippet rings that actually float. He made up prototypes and tested them. He tweaked this and tweaked that. Finally, Dad knew he had done it...
The Progressive Rocket Taper Furled Leader was born!
Continued Development...
We now furl leaders from 0 to 8-wt and from 3' to 7' in thread, spiderwire, fluoro-carbon, monofilament, and have recently added custom blended materials into our designs for the utmost hi-performance furled leaders! You asked... We Listened!
Our Rock-Solid Guarantee...
We guarantee you will be satisfied! You will simply love the tippet ring and how the furled leaders perform!! Your money back if not completely satisfied!
We appreciate feedback!!! Let us know what you like and dislike about our products. We are constantly making improvments based on your comments!
Email us at DadEm@thesimontons.com
Here's my big brother Seth with a Beautiful Cutthroat he caught in June!
Did I mention the time that I outfished my brother? Read about it here... Fishin' Tales
Remember! Practice Catch and Release and Please, Pick Up Stream Waste!