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Old January 5th, 2010, 03:15 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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On Jan 4, 8:53*pm, "Fred" wrote:
Looking at Cabela's bargain bin, I stumbled across SciAnglers line/
leader connectors -- the plastic do-hickies that snap together.

Stay away from that kind of connector
I speak from experiece
I lost a fish

Fred


I have used them and also dislike them. The connectors do not connect
right and the part that slips over the fly line is never a large
enough diameter to fit. I used them to avoid nail knots and learned
nail knots weren't so bad.
Paul
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Old January 5th, 2010, 03:57 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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On 4-Jan-2010, Family-Outdoors wrote:

The connectors do not connect
right and the part that slips over the fly line is never a large
enough diameter to fit. I used them to avoid nail knots and learned
nail knots weren't so bad.
Paul




I use a nail knot tool I keep it on my fly vest

Fred
 




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