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Feb 8 10 7:44 AM
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rasnickr wrote: How to keep a floating line riding and then any uses for them when they are worn out? Keep it clean is the big deal. Our rivers especially have a large amount of calcium which coats the line and makes it stiff and sink.How to mend a new line that has been cut by tippet? I have used superglue but that makes the area very rigid.Loon makes some good products to repair fly lines. However all of them will make them a different texture from the original. Knot Sense does a good job of crack repair. UV wader repair also makes a good connection without getting super hard.To keep factory loops on a fly line or replace with a new connection to enhance flotation?. I always cut my loops off.That is a personal choice. Personally I cut off the loops because they tend to get caught in the rod tip which can be a disaster when you have a good fish on light tippet.What it the best fly line dressing to enhance flotation at the connection? ie Muscalin or Payette Paste. I use Payette because it won't melt in hot temps in my vest.Muscalin is not really a good dressing except for the tip and or your leader. It has in fact been rumored to make lines stiff. Paraffin were used originally for silk lines which are no longer popular. Most modern fly line dressings contain a silicone base which does not interact with the PVC polymers in moder lines. SA and Loon both have good fly line dressing products. I would assume Rio has some as well that are designed specifically for their lines. One of the best silicones I've ever used came in a Snobee line. However it worked so well that when it got wet you couldn't even hold the line. Airflo and Cortland most likely have good cleaners and dressings as well. Here again the best way to keep a line floating is to keep it clean which can be a full time job on our rivers,How do you know when a fly line is worn out? I look at cracks in the finish and the roughness of a line. Can you dress the entire line to keep it fish-able and if so with what?Modern fly lines have a very short life span actually. We generally fish them well beyond what the factory considers their useful life. I heard once that 3M recommends 80 hours of use which is about a good week in Alaska. I'd assume that is a rumor but the point was I'm sure that we try to get much more out of a line than they were designed to do. I'd say once your line starts to crack it is way past it's intended useful life.
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