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November 17th, 2003, 03:26 PM
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Life Expectancy of Fly Lines
"Gene C" wrote in message om... What can one expect in the way of life expectancy of fly lines. I know that if you use them a lot or abuse them a lot (leaving them in a hot vehicle all summer or dragging them over concrete will shorten their useful life). Gene I have had Double Taper Cortland 333 and 444 fly lines for over 6 years. When one end wears out turn it around. Another thing "not to do" is step on it. Ernie 
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November 17th, 2003, 05:02 PM
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Life Expectancy of Fly Lines
"Ernie" wrote in message .com... "Gene C" wrote in message om... What can one expect in the way of life expectancy of fly lines. I know that if you use them a lot or abuse them a lot (leaving them in a hot vehicle all summer or dragging them over concrete will shorten their useful life). Gene I have had Double Taper Cortland 333 and 444 fly lines for over 6 years. When one end wears out turn it around. Another thing "not to do" is step on it. I have a Scientific Anglers AirCell line that looked to me like it had lots of microcracks in it. I looked very closely, and was certain of it. Then I washed it really well (several times) and looked close with a magnifying glass, and disovered that they were just dirt lines on the surface. It must be something about how a film coats a cylinder. --riverman
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November 17th, 2003, 06:23 PM
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Life Expectancy of Fly Lines
"Ernie" wrote in message y.com...
"Gene C" wrote in message om... What can one expect in the way of life expectancy of fly lines. I know that if you use them a lot or abuse them a lot (leaving them in a hot vehicle all summer or dragging them over concrete will shorten their useful life). Gene I have had Double Taper Cortland 333 and 444 fly lines for over 6 years. When one end wears out turn it around. Another thing "not to do" is step on it. Ernie The suggestion to "turn (the line) around" only works for Level or double tapper lines, right?
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#4
November 18th, 2003, 02:48 AM
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Life Expectancy of Fly Lines
"Gene C" wrote The suggestion to "turn (the line) around" only works for Level or double tapper lines, right? Right, and that's double taper.  Ernie
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