floating line question
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A foot shouldn't make that much difference, but I'd start with cutting back only a 1" or 2" and try that first as well as cleaning and treating the line.
Test it out to determine if you feel you need to cut it back further. Measure twice, cut once.
SF
Test it out to determine if you feel you need to cut it back further. Measure twice, cut once.
SF
Dustin Chromers
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Yes you can. The ideal way to do the deed is to cut it at all extreme angle and get some polyolifin tubing. It's just clear fancy shrink tube. Get a loop mated up nicely with your bevel cut inside the tubing and heat with a heat gun and melt the loop onto a factory like end. You should be good for another thirty thousand miles. I've never broken one of my own loops and have tested them on some of the toughest snags in the river.
Dustin Chromers
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G_Smolt
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Caveat: if it is an old line, it *may* have a monofilament core. Monocore lines are notoriously difficult to weld, as the heat required to melt the coating will significantly weaken the core.
If it's not mono, weld away.
Additionally, I would inspect the front of the line for checking / cracks before welding / attempting to fix. If the cracks/checks extend into the nose taper, it may be time for a new flystring.
If it's not mono, weld away.
Additionally, I would inspect the front of the line for checking / cracks before welding / attempting to fix. If the cracks/checks extend into the nose taper, it may be time for a new flystring.
Dustin Chromers
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Or, after cutting, tie a nail knot with the leader butt onto the flyline (and cover with a smooth bead of Loon UV) for a vastly more elegant and functional line/leader connection. Loops are an abomination..
Loops are what separates us from the animals.
Wayne Kohan
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You have not seen my knots, there is nothing more elegant or functional about them.Or, after cutting, tie a nail knot with the leader butt onto the flyline (and cover with a smooth bead of Loon UV) for a vastly more elegant and functional line/leader connection. Loops are an abomination..
Au contraire.....a chimpanzee could easily manage a loop to loop terminal connection but would absolutely bungle a nail knot!
Dustin Chromers
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Nonsense. They are teachable. I wouldn't trust them to not burn the place down with a heat gun though.
well, if it's Rio it's never gonna weld. If it's SA, it may weld. If it's Airflo, it will weld. Corrtland? never tried since most of my Cortland lines are monocore. Wait, you're fishing for trout? just nail knot and call it good, even a shitty nail knot will be fine for trout. Also, knot sense works VERY well in case you're worried about things sliding through the guides as they should.
Sound like you've decided you're not there yet, and lots of good solutions above, but I just got a new Peach replacing an ancient one and I was really pleased with the way the new line performed. For me, the $$ were worth it, as at this point unless I do something stupid I'll never need another.
Creatch’r
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Definitely clean your line regardless of what you do, I just use warm water on a towel, pinch around the line as you strip it off, maybe do the last 15’ a few times. Then I use the same towel with some mucillen on it (the green stuff) reel it back on the reel using the same technique. Once again concentrating on that last 15’. That simple, cheap little maintenance will revitalize a floating line noticeably.