Gettin' ready

I'm dragging out tackle, tearing down stuff,
cleaning, .................etc. and going through on-line catalogues,
looking for ...uh...stuff I need.

Looking at Cabela's bargain bin, I stumbled across SciAnglers line/
leader connectors -- the plastic do-hickies that snap together.
Seemed high priced, so looked elsewhere for JUST the plastic snap-tab
things.

Question: anyone have experience with these things? Are they any
good? Work as advertised? Amenable to my personal home-made tapers
being used with them?

Any help is appreciated.

Also........I do a lot of ultralight spinning, mostly 2 and 4 lb. For
many years, I have used Silver Thread, but couldn't find any locally
the last few years. I have tried what must have been a dozen so-
called "good name brand" lines, but found them all unsat in my #1
category: line memory / springiness. They all came off in clumps and
lumps. Silver Thread never has --- never !

Any experiences / recommendations here, before I mail order some 2, 4,
and 8 lb. SilverThread?

thanx and cheers

oz, with just a bit of cabin fever