On Nov 15, 1:53 pm, rw wrote:
My philosophy is empiricism and utilitarianism. IOW, check it out and
whatever works.

To that end, I searched out the gnarliest old Rio leader I could find,
took it from the package, and immersed it in hot (not boiling) water. It
straightened out just fine, tippet and all. It didn't seem to be
weakened in any obvious way, although I didn't actually test the
breaking point.

I'm not likely to do this as a matter of habit because I can straighten
them streamside with my fingers or with a piece of leather. But it
worked. It worked just fine.

I know that Connor can be irritating with his didactic, know-it-all
attitude, but this **** is ridiculous.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

That doesn't surprise me. Doesn't a leader straightener work by
generating enough friction to heat up the leader?

Does this work with fly line also? Some of my SA lines are ALL
spirally, and I've tried all sorts of ways to straighten them.

--riverman