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> -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Roman Turovsky > Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 8:11 PM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Carbon strings? > > Thanks, Euge. > RT > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eugene C. Braig IV" <brai...@osu.edu> > To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 2:39 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Carbon strings? > > > > Somehow, I'd been deleted from the list. Here are my comments once > more. > > Hopefully you can swim through the angling minutiae to arrive at > something > > useful. > > > > Best, > > Eugene > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Eugene C. Braig IV [mailto:brai...@osu.edu] > >> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 5:39 PM > >> To: 'lute@cs.dartmouth.edu' > >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Carbon strings? > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us [mailto:dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us] > >> > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 5:01 PM > >> > To: Roman Turovsky > >> > Cc: Paul Kieffer; EUGENE BRAIG IV; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > >> > Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Carbon strings? > >> > > >> > > >> > > A question to all ye carbon experts: > >> > > What is the difference between LINE and LEADER, for our lutenistic > >> > > purposes? > >> > > RT > >> > > >> > The difference is most easily understood in the idiom of the > >> > marketplace > >> > for which they are originally intended - fishing. > >> > > >> > Line is constant diameter thruout the spool. > >> > > >> > Leaders are often tapered in various manners to influence casting > >> > behavior. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Dana Emery > >> > >> > >> > >> [Eugene C. Braig IV] > >> Depends a little on the situation. Fluorocarbon fly fishing leader > >> material is often sold in small spools (well, small compared to spools > of > >> monofilament lines: 25 yards is common to fluorocarbon leader material) > >> of > >> consistent and non-tapered diameter. So sold, the material is intended > >> to > >> be cut from the spool as needed and tied between line and fly. It thus > >> would need to be of consistent diameter for cut pieces to perform > >> consistently. > >> > >> Fly lines are also very often tapered to affect casting. Beyond the > fly > >> line and leader, each of which are sometimes tapered (as mentioned by > >> Dana) and both of which must be cast, is usually some backing material > >> which is of consistent diameter and usually only engaged if a fish runs > >> out the line. > >> > >> Fly line or backing is NOT appropriate string material, but many > spooled > >> fluorocarbon fly leader brands and spooled fluorocarbon lines > >> manufactured > >> for other fishing techniques are suitable. > >> > >> Fluorocarbon line or leader, if sold by spools of consistent diameter > >> (i.e., if NOT tapered) are functionally equivalent as string material. > >> If > >> a 25-yd spool of fluorocarbon leader is labeled with a single diameter, > >> you can expect that diameter to be consistent for the length of the > >> spool. > >> If individually packaged leaders are tapered, it will say so on the > >> package. > >> > >> I have used a few brands (not remotely exhaustive) and found those > spools > >> packaged as fly fishing leader material to be of better functionality > as > >> string material, but they tend to be more expensive. The only brand of > >> fluorocarbon line I have tried is Berkley Vanish, and I found it to > fray > >> too quickly under continuous tension as instrument strings. (I think > >> somebody else posted to the list some time ago regarding Berkley Vanish > >> who did not share my poor experience with the stuff.) > >> > >> Best, > >> Eugene > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
