"Tony & Barb Vellturo" wrote in message
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I purchased an Orvis Wonderline, WF-5-F, 3 to 4 years ago. Paid about
$50-$60 for it. When I started cleaning and conditioning the line
this year I found th following condition:
SNIP

If it works OK, there is no reason to stop using it.

Ingrained dirt can often look like cracks. Wash the line in warm soapy
water, ( pure soap! No detergents!)and then rinse and dry it carefully,
before dressing etc.

There are only two main reasons for line failure, ( excepting physical
damage, like cuts, etc etc)one is simply wear, and the other is loss of
softeners, which causes the plastic to harden and crack. Using lines in
some environments may accelerate these processes considerably.

Discussions on the relative longevity of lines, or otherwise, are rather
difficult, as it is quite impossible to know exactly what the line may have
been subjected to.

Most people I know who fish fairly intensively with a single line, don´t
really expect to get more than two seasons out of it.

TL
MC