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I use both a perfect loop and also whip a loop to the end of my fly lines with tying thread. Just make a small loop and wrap tying thread around the doubbled up line and then wrap thread perpendicular to thread wraps. It's worked on my 6 and 6 wt lines just fine. On my 3 wt I use a small perfect loop on both the line and all my leaders and have had no problems with this in the past few years. I use to use nailess nail knots all the time but the perfect works better IMO.
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To each there own !
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Micro,
Have you tried using floatant on the braid? Someone told us this works. If you try it, let us know. http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif
......lee s.
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Micro,
Another question. Doesn't applying pliobond to the whole splice negate the finger effect of the braid?
We have done similar to that with a piece of braid about 6"-8" long. It gets a nailknot at each end and pliobond on each knot and where the line ends meet in the middle only.
Just more fodder... http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif
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Lee
When I do my loops I only glue the half closest to the reel of it so the tip half can still Chinese torture the fly line. I always snug the braid really tight before I aply the glue anyway, so it is always in chinese torture effect.
It was in that book that I was talking about where the author lubed up the whole thing but he made sure to state to pull the braid tight first.
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Who has time for stress when there are fish to catch.
Nick
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If you take the approach of exposing the core of the fly line and making a loop thereo, as per the link provided by no-tye-much, doesn't this create the problem of water absorbtion and therefore more sinking of the line?
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I hope I have found the perfect loops - made by Rio, they include tubing that is not made to be heat shrunk on, but that is forced onto the line and braid and makes it immovable - they say. Haven't tried it yet, but it sure looks foolproof, and I haven't been able to pull it loose.