The Gudebrod C-Thru product arrived yesterday, and I have been playing with the material. If you took the standard braided nylon material used for making loops, and scaled it down using smaller diameter nylon fibers, then you can visualize the product.
The braided loop material is commonly available in 35-pound and 50-pound test. The C-Thru material is 25yd. spools of 17, 8, or 6 pound. I ordered the 8 and 6. The breaking strength listing is very deceptive, as I haven't been able to break the 8 pound test with my hands. It is very sturdy stuff, tightly braided. The 8 pound is .019 diameter, and about 1/16", about the same as many butt sections of leaders. Indeed, you could easily have a quick substitute for a furled leader butt using this stuff. The 6 pound test is .015 diameter, about 50% thicker than 1/32". I am not sure what types and sizes of dacron are used for blind eye hooks, but the C-Thru would make a very good alternative. The source for the material, available in single spools, is Land of Odds: 6-pound C-Thru http://www.landofodds.com/servlet/Detail?no=28074 8-pound C-Thru http://www.landofodds.com/servlet/Detail?no=28075 17-pound C-Thru http://www.landofodds.com/servlet/Detail?no=28076 If anybody has further questions, just contact me offline. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon On 4/11/09, Wes Wada <w...@wadaworks.com> wrote: > I have found a source to order single spools of 6# and 8# Gudebrod > C-Thru. The order should arrive any day now, and I will report on the > product and source. > > > Wes > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
