New line

"JT" wrote

When the braided loop
to loop (if that's what you are referring to) came out, I tried them for
awhile, I had one pull off the end of the fly line and that was enough for
me. I've never had a nail knot slipped off the end of the fly line, so I
went back to that technique.


No the Rio line I got had a loop built in as part of the line .... I hate
the braided things you add on.

I use a needle nail knot on all other lines. I may hack the factory loop
off the Rio soon and use one on it. The line coating is starting to crack
in that loop and that area is fatter than it would otherwise be, too. The
Rio line has actually served me well. Lines don't live forever and I tend
to use them past their prime at the same time that I'm picky about their
performance. I may expect too much, but I'm impartial in my expectations
.... all brands I've tried fail to really satisfy me G

Yes, I'm still using the Rio conditioner ... but I liked whatever it was I
had before that better, it was slicker, longer, it seemed .... no, I don't
remember what it was G

"Larry L" wrote in message
...

Yes, I'm still using the Rio conditioner ... but I liked whatever it was I
had before that better, it was slicker, longer, it seemed .... no, I
don't remember what it was G

Larry,
there was a thread recently on line cleaning. Both Scott Sediman
and I thought were told line dressings attract dirt. Scott said he
uses mild dishwashing soap and water, and I use the Scientific Angler's
cleaning pad, but no line dressings or conditioners. I got my advice from
the SA reps.

I also use the Scientific Angler Trout Taper in a DT 5wt in the dark olive
color and had very little problems with coil memory. If you know you
will not be using your line for awhile while spooled on the reel, make
sure it's dry. I wipe the line down with a damp cloth, then a dry
cloth, then hit it with the cleaning pad after my use on the water.

Lefty Kreh would stand on his line and gently pull with both hands as he
worked out the coils of memory line.
-tom

"Tom Nakashima" wrote

Lefty Kreh would stand on his line and gently pull with both hands as he
worked out the coils of memory line.
-tom


I stand on my line and work with both hands .... I call it a totally failed
double haul

Flashback

When my wife and I were serious but still un-married ( been married 30+years
now, so that was a while ago ) we went on a backpack into Yosemite.

Not wanting the bears to get our food and definitely wanting to impress my
cute traveling companion, I set out to hang our food and show her how a real
he-man does that important task.

I found a suitable tree limb and a suitable rock. Then I tied some 1/8
inch nylon cord to the rock and wound up and let 'er fly, aiming to clear
the limb and then pull our food pack up out of harms way.

Well, I was standing on that 1/8 line and the rock wizzed up towards the
branch, jerked when it came up tight onto the section under my foot, and
then flew back at great speed. It hit me square in the forehead, nearly
knocking me out and opening an impressive and bloody wound G

So much for my macho outdoors hunk efforts :-)


My wife still has and still chuckles over a photo of me sitting, bandaged
and brooding, on a boulder after she patched me up.

End Flashback

"Larry L" wrote in message
...

"Tom Nakashima" wrote

Lefty Kreh would stand on his line and gently pull with both hands as he
worked out the coils of memory line.
-tom


I stand on my line and work with both hands .... I call it a totally
failed double haul

Flashback

When my wife and I were serious but still un-married ( been married
30+years now, so that was a while ago ) we went on a backpack into
Yosemite.

Not wanting the bears to get our food and definitely wanting to impress my
cute traveling companion, I set out to hang our food and show her how a
real he-man does that important task.

I found a suitable tree limb and a suitable rock. Then I tied some 1/8
inch nylon cord to the rock and wound up and let 'er fly, aiming to clear
the limb and then pull our food pack up out of harms way.

Well, I was standing on that 1/8 line and the rock wizzed up towards the
branch, jerked when it came up tight onto the section under my foot, and
then flew back at great speed. It hit me square in the forehead, nearly
knocking me out and opening an impressive and bloody wound G
So much for my macho outdoors hunk efforts :-)
My wife still has and still chuckles over a photo of me sitting, bandaged
and brooding, on a boulder after she patched me up.

End Flashback


Pretty funny Larry!,
-tom