I just picked up used $10 fly lines at the PA Fly Fishing Heritage show. I was in need of a 7wt line, so I picked up a DT Peach line. and a SA mastery WF. Give that I plan of fishing rocky water for smallmouth, I hate to spend $50 or more on a line. One of these is destine to be a "grass line" for casting practice.
Gene, an 8'6" Phillipson works well for bass too. :-)
As for fixing lines, if the core isn't nicked, just a bit of thread whip finished over the area and sealed with something. Pliobond is great, but I've used superglue (a bit hard and not flexible) or waterproof fabric glue. If you have fleximent in your fly tying supplies that would work. Goop works too. If it is a deep nick then it is best to strip the coating off and tie the core togehter with a blood knot or uni-uni knot and then whip and seal it. I've never found that to be worth it unless I'm on a fishing trip and can't get another line. I usually have another rod/reel that I can switch to.
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 2:39 PM, namfos <mark.sofman@gmail.com> wrote:
100 denier with Pliobond might do the job too, depending on the size of the nick. There's an outfit near Pittsburgh that sells inexpensive floating fly lines that I think are actually quite decent, but since this is non-commercial space,, I won't mention their name. mark.sofman (at) gmail dot com will get you the answer. Clue: New Testament ;-)--Mark
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