Here's my contrarian view....guess I just love to be contrarian! I hate'm! I took my Teeny 300 grain heads into Creekside and had the "experts" pull the core of one section into the core of the other. It still creates a "kink" at that junction and a clatter when going through the guides. It is a pleasure, to me, to have a complete flyline with no splices. I will alter the casting angle, mend more, do whatever it takes to get a uniform commercial line to work rather than a home made job. Jim Vincent, who I have highly regarded for years for his steelhead expertise, is now heading up RIO Lines and I am 100 % behind his efforts because he knows the line needed to cast properly and do the job. I will be using RIO lines in my fly fishing schools and am totally behind his efforts for just the very reason I am responding to this subject. Steelheaders, for years, have been connecting heads and now it is my feeling, that they can commercially make lines to turnover different density sections in the most efficient way. This is just my feeling. I dislike stripping in line and having a connected section travel through the guides and then load it up and send it out! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vincent Pons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Hi! > Hi Eric, > could you explain a little bit what do you mean by making your own lines? > Do you just cut different commercial lines et make a new one with these > pieces of lines or do you create the line entirely? > I'm asking this question because, I have made my own lines with pieces of > commercial ones and they are just wonderful, just the taper that i want. > I've also been trying to make a line with a backing, cotton thread and oil. > The result is not that bad but not excellent. Anyone has ever tried to make > a line?? > > Vincent > > > eric wrote: > > > Hi, I'm new to the virtual board. Me name be Eric, and I be a fly > > fisher of lesser repute. I fish for the steelie, the trouts, and in a > > pinch the salmon. I tie me own flies, me own rods and make me own > > lines. I cast poorly but make up for it with sheer determination and > > strength. I'm also a 3rd generation puget sounder and have been on the > > rivers here for some time...I'll also quit the strange brit accent style > > of writing....I just have been watching old movies lately and they have > > been getting to me.... > > > > eric > > >
