no-knot eyelets

The do look kinda look like the instruments dentist use for root canals.
Maybe he should keep them in his first aid kit.
There must be some use for them, fly line to leader connections is not on of
the good ones.
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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BENJAMIN KORSTVEDT wrote:
Going through some fly-fishing stuff in my closet I came across a pack
of
no-knot eyelets for attaching leader to fly line. Does anyone have
comments
on the usefulness of these devices? Are they a clear advantage over a
regular knot? What I worry about is that they could pull out under the
pressure of a good fish.

Worst gadget ever invented for attaching leader to line.
The barbs destroy the fly line from the inside out, they're
a bitch to install and after all that the eyelet is too
small to accomodate the butt end of a proper leader.

The best way to attach leader to line is a well-tied nail
knot but if you gotta have a gadget Eagle Claw makes a
plastic doodad that some people like.

--
Ken Fortenberry

The do kinda look like the instruments dentist use for root canals.
Maybe he should keep them in his first aid kit.
Denstist should put an eyelet on the instruments they use. A safety
line would be better than that damm rubber sheet they put down your
throat.
There must be some use for them, fly line to leader connections is not
one of
the good ones.

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:21:31 GMT, "BENJAMIN KORSTVEDT"
wrote:


Going through some fly-fishing stuff in my closet I came across a pack of
no-knot eyelets for attaching leader to fly line. Does anyone have comments
on the usefulness of these devices? Are they a clear advantage over a
regular knot? What I worry about is that they could pull out under the
pressure of a good fish.

thanks,

Ben


Toss 'em. The are a dozen other ways to attach your leader.


g.c.

"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:21:31 GMT, "BENJAMIN KORSTVEDT"
wrote:


...Does anyone have comments
on the usefulness of these devices?...

Toss 'em....

It's amazing that they've been on the market for as long as they have. I've
never heard anyone say anything good about them.....and what I've heard is
STILL better than they deserve. It's hard to imagine anything more
thoroughly worthless.

Wolfgang

Wolfgang wrote:

It's hard to imagine anything more
thoroughly worthless.

hyperbole... i've imagined many, many things more thoroughly worthless.
hell, the imagining itself frequently qualified.

jeff

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:

It's hard to imagine anything more thoroughly worthless.

hyperbole... i've imagined many, many things more thoroughly worthless.
hell, the imagining itself frequently qualified.

Point taken.

Wolfgang
well, this IS roff, after all.

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
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//snip//
hyperbole... i've imagined many, many things more thoroughly worthless.
hell, the imagining itself frequently qualified.

When you stick a no-knot eyelet in your finger instead of the line, it's
pretty hard to imagine anything less useful. Except, maybe, for a certain
inhabitant of a certain public housing project on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Bob

"Bob Patton" wrote in message
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"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
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//snip//
hyperbole... i've imagined many, many things more thoroughly worthless.
hell, the imagining itself frequently qualified.

When you stick a no-knot eyelet in your finger instead of the line, it's
pretty hard to imagine anything less useful. Except, maybe, for a certain
inhabitant of a certain public housing project on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Bob

Monarchy-n.; A system of government in which a man is selected as ruler by
virtue of who his father was.

Wolfgang
who, having seen it in action, begins to believe that democracy may be worth
a try after all.

"Bob Patton" wrote in message
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"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
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//snip//
hyperbole... i've imagined many, many things more thoroughly worthless.
hell, the imagining itself frequently qualified.

When you stick a no-knot eyelet in your finger instead of the line, it's
pretty hard to imagine anything less useful. Except, maybe, for a certain
inhabitant of a certain public housing project on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Bob

According to many courts ruling on the issue of 'residency rules' (requiring
an employee to live n a certain area) the courts have determined that a
person lives where they spend most of their time. Thus, no one lives
there....

john