The wife likes to do the yard sales. Saturday she came home with a “present” for me. Gracie found a NIB K-Mart fly line, 25 yards, level taper, 5 weight. She paid a nickel for it. The original price tag of $1.23 is still on the plastic box with the sales tag dated 12/72. Guess I will use it for something, if nothing else it would make good fly bodies as it is green in color.
Tim
Shoe laces.
Ya think maybe if you listed it on E-Bay some collector might jump on it? Sure would be interesting … open the bidding for say $1.00 (got your wife’s money back anyway!), plus $5.00 mailing charges.
You’re forgetting ebay fees.
Its a level ?
I wouldnt waste my time casting that beast of a line. :lol:
Hey Panman,
Lots of us Olde Phartz fished untapered lines for decades. We caught fish and
really didn’t know any better. By all means, give it a try and see what ya
think. It might work for ya.G Warm regards, Jim
Or it can keep your shoes nice and snug.
keep it the way it is and display it, how many of us can claim a k-mart flashing blue light special line.
Eric
Display it on your shoes.
Hey, gramps! I’d love to hear your opinion on this. What do you think he should do with it? I’m thinking that it might be best for some sort of shoe tightening device. :lol:
Good idea.
Why didn’t I think of that?
A 5wt level line is the perfect size for a floating running line behind shooting heads.
Or you can splice it to the business end of a full sinking line to make a homemade integrated line like the old steelheaders once did
Good deal for a nickel in my book
Joe Humphries talks about using level lines on one of his videos for nymphing.
I use level lines for practice casting especially if you can’t practice on grass. Why tear up a good line.
I’ve seen Lee Wulff use small sections of fly lines as underbodies for some extended bodied flies. Lee also used to say that the level line was the best for roll casting. That was before he developed the TT lines.
It would also look good spoolled on a disply reel.
Tom