From: markflie...@hotmail.com
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; desert-tr...@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: [VFB] Re: Braided nylon loop connector material?
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:22:33 -0600
for the list please&tkx.
Wes.....can you post a pic of this stuff.....in loop form? i'm curious as to
whether it might actually work for eyes on blind eye hooks..........and wheter
or not the stuff is dyeable???????????? mark
> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:13:18 -0700
> Subject: [VFB] Re: Braided nylon loop connector material?
> From: w...@wadaworks.com
> To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
>
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> It was snowing hard in Bend today. We are going to go directly from
> winter to the 4th of July. Aloha.
>
> Henry posted this link about the loop construction. The info is part
> of Dan Blanton's web site.
>
> Get Looped
> http://www.danblanton.com/gettinglooped.html
>
>
> That's actually a nice salutation:
>
> Get Looped,
> Wes
>
>
> P.S. I am giving myself the challenge to create braided nylon loops
> from the 6-pound Gudebrod C-Thru. Haven't a clue yet what I'd use
> them for.
>
>
>
> On 4/14/09, Michael Bliss <flyfish...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > So Wes are you making loop connectors for your fly lines? If you are
> > I would be interested in the process. I have been using the braided
> > leaders for some time and love them but the connections to the fly
> > line are not how I would like them yet.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Wes Wada <w...@wadaworks.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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
> > >>
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
>
> >
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