05-04-2007, 02:01 AM
This has come up A LOT, so here is my take.
The braided ends you are talking about can and will work, but you need to put a dab of super glue and be sure and use the shrink wrap to keep it from fraying. BUT! they are heavy and can soak up water thus sink the tip of your line.
The second choice is as Macfly stated. Go one further and attach a leader using a nail knot or as Saberfish said a needle knot *(note at the end on the needle knot) right to your line. As it wears out, cut it off to a 4" to 6" piece and put a perfection loop in it (Surgeon loop will cock it to the side, but a perfection is straight). Now you have a butt section.
* there are some lines on the shelfs, "SYLK" by Cortland for one, that have an inner core that will prevent you from sticking a needle through the middle of the line.
Needle knot is very nice because there is NOTHING to get caught in the guides. Smooth connection and there is a tool called the SHIMAZAKI KIT that makes a needle knot sooooo easy for us with bad eyes. Stick the needle through the middle of the line like Saberfish said, thread a leader. When you got about 6" to 8" of leader (butt section) left, scuff it with sandpaper and add Zap-A-Gap and pull. It will stop when you hit the glue and trust me, the line will break before this will (Tried and Tested by me). Clip your tag of leader and I coat with Knot Scense also. But you could wrap Bright colored thread around the line before adding knot scense for an indicator.
Finally, the last suggestion is to fold the line itself over and form a small loop then secure with thread, glue and knot scense. I prefer this over all because I do switch leaders a lot (furled, to special hand tied, to store bot tapered to straight mono for deep nymphing)
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The braided ends you are talking about can and will work, but you need to put a dab of super glue and be sure and use the shrink wrap to keep it from fraying. BUT! they are heavy and can soak up water thus sink the tip of your line.
The second choice is as Macfly stated. Go one further and attach a leader using a nail knot or as Saberfish said a needle knot *(note at the end on the needle knot) right to your line. As it wears out, cut it off to a 4" to 6" piece and put a perfection loop in it (Surgeon loop will cock it to the side, but a perfection is straight). Now you have a butt section.
* there are some lines on the shelfs, "SYLK" by Cortland for one, that have an inner core that will prevent you from sticking a needle through the middle of the line.
Needle knot is very nice because there is NOTHING to get caught in the guides. Smooth connection and there is a tool called the SHIMAZAKI KIT that makes a needle knot sooooo easy for us with bad eyes. Stick the needle through the middle of the line like Saberfish said, thread a leader. When you got about 6" to 8" of leader (butt section) left, scuff it with sandpaper and add Zap-A-Gap and pull. It will stop when you hit the glue and trust me, the line will break before this will (Tried and Tested by me). Clip your tag of leader and I coat with Knot Scense also. But you could wrap Bright colored thread around the line before adding knot scense for an indicator.
Finally, the last suggestion is to fold the line itself over and form a small loop then secure with thread, glue and knot scense. I prefer this over all because I do switch leaders a lot (furled, to special hand tied, to store bot tapered to straight mono for deep nymphing)
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