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Nathan is a great guy. Nothing but
praise.
Matt
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 5:16
PM
Subject: RE: dry line memory
problems
All,
Just a follow up on my dry line problem: Nathan at Avid
Angler gladly credited my cost for the Airflow line which I used to purchase
some Cortland 555. Great service from Avid Angler!!
At 02:54
PM 7/10/2005, you wrote:
Airflow Orange WF6F
At
10:36 AM 7/10/2005, Andy wrote:
Hi Russ,
I have nothing substantial to add, as it
sounds like you have run the correct gamut you can always try pulling
harder than you think is reasonable it might straighten or you might
separate the casing from the core so that you can return it to the
manufacturer as a defective product ;-)... Out of curiosity, what brand
and model of fly line is it, as that may be the most important lesson
learned.
Thanks,
Andy
From:
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Behalf Of Russ Light
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 9:34
AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: dry line
memory problems
All,
I bought some new dry line
last year that was recommended to me at Avid Angler. The line was
supposedly at the higher end of the quality curve (>$50). I
didn't get a chance to fish it much last year but have this year. I
will admit to not removing from the reel over the winter, my bad.
The problem with the line is that no matter how much I stretch it out,
leave hanging in big loops, etc. the line keeps relaxing into reel size
loops. This really plays havoc with my casting as the line lays on
the water with all these loops which decouples the fly to responding to
strikes. Even if I strip in, the minute I stop the line relaxes back
into half curls about the size of the reel. Here is what I have
tried:
- In the field I have repeated stretched the line as one long section
and have done lots of sectional stretching (4-5' at a time)
- I setup the line suspended as two big loops in the backyard under
slight tension and left for several days
- Cleaned the line with a line cleaner
- Removed the line from the reel and looped in about 3' feet loops
(this looks like a big ball of loops with the line assuming the reel
size loops) for several weeks
Is there a method I haven't tried
for getting this line to lay flat or should I just junk it and buy some
new line? (different mfg this time)
Best Regards,
Russ
Light
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Best Regards,
Russ
Light
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Best Regards,
Russ
Light
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