Jarmo Hurri wrote:

An excellent point, Chas, and this could very well be the key to
explaining this difference between silk and plastic lines. It never
occurred to me that maybe these lines land so softly that they can
utilize surface tension. Heck, 30' of a 2wt line weighs approximately
5 grams, so weight per inch, for example, is ridiculously small, and
surface tension might very well be the key.

Actually, this isn't a difference between silk and plastic. They both
take floatant nicely, they both use surface tension, and they both land
softly enough to stay on top. Just a little care, and a 10wt line can
land very softly. I've had trouble with intermediate #5 and #6 lines
not breaking the surface tension, so they don't start sinking right
away.


So, hmm, perhaps the difference really is that it is easier to
increase the surface tension of a silk line. Since its surface is
porous, you can treat it easily with floatants.

No, that's not a difference, as I said above. It's just the reason why
a silk line works even though it's denser.

Chas
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