It's probably not worth it in this case but lines can spliced in the same way that steelheaders first made their custom intergrated lines
The adjoining sections need to be cut at a long taper of an inch or more and then glued and sewn together
Then the whole area is overwrapped with thread as if you were wrapping a guide
Then the wrapped section is also covered with the flexible adhesive
Lotta work for 'some old brown line'
Are you sure it wasn't a silk line?
The simpler the outfit, the more skill it takes to manage it, and the more pleasure one gets in his achievements.
--- Horace Kephart