I hear you, I was not trying to correct you, I just didn't want anyone to damage their lines.
And no, I didn't miss that detail at all. Airflo lines are stiff off the reel, and can be a bear until they straghten out a bit. I have an Airflo clear intermediate tip for my multitip, and it seems just fine to me, and btw, I was just holding it last night. I just side-by-side checked my clear intermediate tip and the floating tip, and I have to agree the clear is soft and sticky feeling. That doesn't impair the casting of my multi, as the tip is out of the rod 95% of the time. Rob On Sunday 02 June 2002 04:34 pm, Kent Lufkin wrote: > Rob, > > You missed one crucial detail in my earlier post: my AirFlo clear > intermediate line wasn't dirty - in fact it had never been used. > > It was sticky/tacky right off the spool. I took it back and they assured me > that it was 'normal'. Before trying WD-40 etc. I did try line cleaner, but > there was nothing to be cleaned from the line. > > I now own several other clears and I can tell you its behavior wasn't/isn't > normal. The others cast normally, with no stickiness or hesitation in the > guided whatsoever. > > Kent Lufkin > > ---------- > From: Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: clear lines in lakes > >Date: Sun, Jun 2, 2002, 3:43 PM > > > > On Sunday 02 June 2002 11:25 am, Kent Lufkin wrote: > >> I bought an AirFlo WF5I clear intermediate several years ago and you're > >> right, it does sink mighty slow. But right out of the box the surface of > >> the line was sort of sticky, so much so I'd have trouble getting line > >> out through the guides by false casting. Over the years I've tried > >> various things to slick it up including WD-40 and Rain-X. They all work > >> for a while, but before long it's sticky again. Hope newer versions have > >> cured that problem. > > > > NO, NO, NO! > > > > DON'T PUT THAT SORT OF STUFF ON FLY LINES! > > > > All you will be doing is funding the fly fishing industry by having to > > buy a new line sooner than you would have should you use a proper fly > > line cleaner. > > > > Almost all fly lines are made of PVC which is softened with phthalates, > > an oily substance that slowly seeps out of the plastic, making it a bit > > sticky. When the phthalates get in short supply in the line it will start > > to crack. But the balance of the softeners in the plastic is key to the > > flexability of the line, and to put wierd stuff on it like Rain-X and > > especially WD-40 or Armor All is messing with the chemistry. Don't > > believe me? Spray WD-40 or Armor All all over an old line until it is > > saturated, and see if you don't come back to a sticky mess of super > > softened PVC. > > > > Airflo lines are made of polyurethane, not PVC, and although I don't > > understand polyurethane softeners, that doesn't mean you should mess with > > them with any of these chemicals either. > > > > The harshest you want to do with a line is to wash it with warm detergent > > water. Don't mess with solvents, oils, greases, yak butter or Kama-Sutra > > Love Oil, at least around your fly lines... But what is recommended is to > > use a proper fly line cleaner that will get the grime off the line, yet > > not steal the softeners from the surface. > > > > Rob > > > > -- > > Rob Blomquist > > Kirkland, WA > > > > On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it > > said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux and lived > > happily ever after. -- Rob Blomquist Kirkland, WA On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux and lived happily ever after.
