On Nov 14, 10:26 pm, wrote:
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:48:42 +0100, MC wrote:
wrote:
HTH,
R
Juts as well you donīt have the final words on anything.
http://www.prochemical.com/direction...rsionNylon.htm
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...i=B6TFY-4KFMMC....
How do you think they dye nylon Dickie boy?
Doubtful that you talked to anybody at RIO, I know a couple of people
there, and at several other firms as well. They would not waste their
time on a dumbass like you.
MC
Call #2 to RIO:
This time, I called the main phone number, as anyone is certainly free
to do (208-524-7760) and asked for tech services. I didn't ask for
anyone in particular - I got whoever I got by the same process anyone
who calls gets someone. I generally explained the situation and asked
about boiling leaders. The _exact_ quote: "Aaah...they should
straighten out by hand easily enough..." So I persist in attempting to
get a direct answer about boiling them. "Well, like I said, they should
straighten out by hand..." A crafty devil, this guy, so I persist.
According to the tech support person at RIO: "No, you shouldn't boil
them." "How about hot water?," I ask. "It's not recommended," but if
you insist, "make sure the water isn't above about 120 degrees" (since
he is in Idaho, I think the assumption that he meant Fahrenheit is a
safe one) and "definitely not on the tippet terminal end," but again,
"it's not recommended."
So I'm curious: what did the people you know at RIO say when you called
and asked them if they were OK with such a widely-read and influential
flyfishing expert as yourself recommending hither and yon that folks
boil their leaders and that it would do them no harm to boil them for
hours?
Dickie boy
One of us should call back and ask about the technique that Tom's
friend uses (the "leader through the underwear thing"). Ask them if
that is better than boiling :-)
- Dave K.
(the very foolish guy who started the "coiled leader thing" in his
newbie post) Nothing is simple on ROFF