Newbie leader question

On Nov 10, 7:46 am, mdk77 wrote:
I've been fishing RIO Knotless Tapered Leaders in 7.5' 5x size, all
season with good results. Recently I purchased the same RIO Knotless
Tapered Leaders but in 9' 7x size. These leaders were a nightmare to
fish. They had a real bad "memory" problem and coiled up no matter
what I did to get them straight. Why would these have the problem
when the 7.6 5x were fine?

Is there anything I can do to get these leaders to straighten out and
"lose" the memory?

Is there a better brand/model of tapered leaders that I should be
buying instead of Rio?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. I was really
surprised by this.

Take them back where you bought them. If they won't straighten out
with the normal proceedures ( that doesn't include hot water) they
have probably been stored improperly. That would be in excessive heat
and/or cold and cycled. Nylon will absorb water, straightning them
with hot water will weaken them and shorten their life.
If you want to use them put some tension on them and hang them up in
the house for a week. When they are straight make some radial cuts in
the edge of a paper plate and wind them around the plate. The larger
radius will keep them straight but they don't fit in you pocket as
well.

On 14 Nov, 17:07, BJ Conner wrote:
On Nov 10, 7:46 am, mdk77 wrote:

I've been fishing RIO Knotless Tapered Leaders in 7.5' 5x size, all
season with good results. Recently I purchased the same RIO Knotless
Tapered Leaders but in 9' 7x size. These leaders were a nightmare to
fish. They had a real bad "memory" problem and coiled up no matter
what I did to get them straight. Why would these have the problem
when the 7.6 5x were fine?

Is there anything I can do to get these leaders to straighten out and
"lose" the memory?

Is there a better brand/model of tapered leaders that I should be
buying instead of Rio?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. I was really
surprised by this.

Take them back where you bought them. If they won't straighten out
with the normal proceedures ( that doesn't include hot water) they
have probably been stored improperly. That would be in excessive heat
and/or cold and cycled. Nylon will absorb water, straightning them
with hot water will weaken them and shorten their life.
If you want to use them put some tension on them and hang them up in
the house for a week. When they are straight make some radial cuts in
the edge of a paper plate and wind them around the plate. The larger
radius will keep them straight but they don't fit in you pocket as
well.


More pure bull****.

MC

On Nov 14, 9:19 am, Mike wrote:
On 14 Nov, 17:07, BJ Conner wrote:





On Nov 10, 7:46 am, mdk77 wrote:

I've been fishing RIO Knotless Tapered Leaders in 7.5' 5x size, all
season with good results. Recently I purchased the same RIO Knotless
Tapered Leaders but in 9' 7x size. These leaders were a nightmare to
fish. They had a real bad "memory" problem and coiled up no matter
what I did to get them straight. Why would these have the problem
when the 7.6 5x were fine?

Is there anything I can do to get these leaders to straighten out and
"lose" the memory?

Is there a better brand/model of tapered leaders that I should be
buying instead of Rio?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. I was really
surprised by this.

Take them back where you bought them. If they won't straighten out
with the normal proceedures ( that doesn't include hot water) they
have probably been stored improperly. That would be in excessive heat
and/or cold and cycled. Nylon will absorb water, straightning them
with hot water will weaken them and shorten their life.
If you want to use them put some tension on them and hang them up in
the house for a week. When they are straight make some radial cuts in
the edge of a paper plate and wind them around the plate. The larger
radius will keep them straight but they don't fit in you pocket as
well.

More pure bull****.

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No materials classes with that matchbook cover engineering degree I
take it.
Just store your leader in an ANSI 45.2 level III facility and it will
stay in good condition.

"BJ Conner" wrote in message
oups.com...

Just store your leader in an ANSI 45.2 level III facility and it will
stay in good condition.

Haven't heard an ANSI term for quite awhile outside of work.
We're ANSI Y14.5M Dimensioning & Tolerancing.
-tom

Tom Nakashima wrote:
"BJ Conner" wrote in message
oups.com...


Just store your leader in an ANSI 45.2 level III facility and it will
stay in good condition.


Haven't heard an ANSI term for quite awhile outside of work.
We're ANSI Y14.5M Dimensioning & Tolerancing.
-tom

Has ANSI been supplanted by ISO?

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