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Old November 11th, 2007, 05:20 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
Mike[_6_]
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Yes, I also have some experimental samples of "Carbon Bond" line,
which is incredibly strong for its diameter. I have a 1000 meter spool
of this with a diameter of 0.01 mm, ( which is about equivalent to 7X)
and a breaking strain of ~ 5lbs. This is about two and a half to
three times the normal breaking strain of such a diameter in ordinary
nylon etc. It also has very little stretch. I have no details on its
structure or properties as yet, or even what it exactly is, and it is
not available to the general public.It may not go into production at
all, it seems the firm is having marketing problems. I did a few jobs
for them on their machinery, as a favour to one of the partners.

I have not used it for fishing yet, but I imagine it will be more or
less perfect tippet material for trout fishing with small flies.
( assuming it is environmentally friendly etc) The line I have is a
light translucent brown colour, ( looks like very fine clear brown/
amber nylon) which at present is the only colour available. I donīt
know why. This of course assumes that one would want to use such
extremely strong tippet in the first place. If you have to pull for a
break, then something has to give, and it is always better for the
tippet to break than anything else. Also, it is extremely unlikely
that very fine hooks will stand the amount of pressure one could exert
with such a tippet. These things are often far more complex than one
might imagine, and one thing leads to another.

Such extremely fine tippet will also not turn over a standard dry fly
in larger sizes, because the thinner the tippet, the less ability to
transfer power along its length.

The Yo-Zuri is also first class, but all these lines are bad for the
environment, and so I donīt use them.

You can find the RIO specs ( which are very reliable) here;

http://www.rioproducts.com/page.php?recKey=15

I canīt give you any info on de-glinting the fluorocarbon, because I
donīt know what effect it might have. It is perfectly safe and easy
to de-glint nylon with a paste of Fullerīs earth, ( Mixed with soap
and glycerine), and I consider it imperative to do this. But I donīt
use fluorocarbon lines, coated or otherwise, and I donīt know if this
method works on much of it. It did not work very well on some of the
lines I tested, the coating is extremely abrasion resistant. So it may
not be either easy or sensible to abrade a fluorocarbon coated line,
and I donīt know whether it will work at all on "100%" fluorocarbon
line. It may cause the line to waterlog? Which would weaken it
considerably. I really donīt know.

Regards and tight lines!

Mike Connor