sandfly wrote:
BRIAN SIMONSETH'S LINE SPLICING INSTRUCTIONS
1) Remove 4" of coating from the Fly Line . Note from Poppy: A doubled slip loop of 20# mono pulled TIGHT will remove the coating nicely. About 1" at a time works well.
2) Feather the core of the strip fly line 1 inches
3) Using a pin vice & regular sewing needle, push the needle 1 to 1 ½ inches up the core of the fly line and out the side of it. Make sure it is TIGHT or the needle will slip.
4) Use UN-WAXED Dental floss (24 inches piece); put the ends of the floss thru the eye of the needle the same way. Then pull both strands of the floss thru the fly line, leave a loop about ¼ inches at the end of the fly line.
5) Put the core of the feathered end into the loop of the floss; then place a business card or a piece of leather on the fly line and pull the floss ends and the core will be pulled thru. Then place the feathered end in a tying vice and pull down so that both pieces are together; separate them again a put a drop of a CA glue between them and pull them together again. Another note from Poppy: If you don't have a tying vise handy, your forceps will do in a pinch. Then use a nail clipper or scissors and cut the tag end that sticks out the side of the fly line. You’re done with that splice.