I guess it would depend on the size of your local freshwater fish. For Howard and me in Southern California, on lakes you would be using fluorocarbon diameters much smaller than .30mm. Here, most diameters of fluorocarbon applicable to a lute would be used in saltwater fishing or maybe for very large freshwater fish (bigger then salmon). .41mm in Seaguar's standard fluorocarbon is equal to 25 pound line.
David, .70mm fluorocarbon is still readily available at least here in LA and in online stores. Online sources would probably be your best bet, because depending on where you live, stores that carry fishing equipment will generally carry what is needed to be able fish in the local environments. DIY lute string hunting is easy here because all the stores carry fishing equipment for the ocean as well as for lakes and streams in the mountains. The companyYo-Zuri has a brand called "H.D. Carbon" and the 50 pound line has a .71mm diameter. Seaguar's (the brand that seems most readily available) standard fluorocarbon 50 pound is equal to .67mm and the 60 pound is equal to .74mm. I have found that most of the standard Seaguar diameters seem to have a slightly less density then the internet lute calculators. They do have a couple of others product lines which are of higher quality, some only available in Japan, and I think I remember seeing one of those being closer to .70mm (55 pound). I go to the hardcore fishing stores, when my father goes, and I take my digital calipers all the time. Unfortunately you can't just pick any line of a similar pound rating because of density variances and quality they will have different diameters. Some nylon monofilament brands are nice too. But when in doubt for most, I think we are better off supporting the few that we have that actually have the patience to be lute string suppliers. With the amount of time invested you don't save that much money. Regards, Jason Jason Yoshida North Hills, CA http://www.jasonyoshida.com http://www.musiclas.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Posner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lutelist" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:13 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Carbon strings > On Wednesday, Jun 20, 2007, at 06:43 America/Los_Angeles, Roman > Turovsky wrote: > > > BTW, carbon line fit for lutes is mainly freshwater gauges. > > Because they're smaller? > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
