In article , Derek
writes
Yes me too but have you noticed how when you do buy a dearer 'premium'
line it always gets damaged while the mill ends seem to last for ever?
Derek

I managed to step on my first Cortland 444 when it happened to be lying
on a bituminous expansion joint at a reservoir. The tar content eroded
the line and I was forced to cut about 6 ft out of the middle it and
splice the two ends together. This produce an obvious kink in the line
where the core wasn't properly continuous but the line still served me
well for another couple of years.

I wasn't going to let my Cortland retire for a simple splice in the
middle :-)
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Bill Grey
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