Loopy? - get the shrink
Rudy van Duijnhoven announces a new method
for making loops on fly lines and binding them together.
Making loops on fly lines has always been a time-consuming,
labourious process, whereby one often had to make
use of thinners and Superglue. Now, Dutchman Sepp
Fuchs has developed a new method whereby he uses
a special kind of shrinking-tube to produce loops
on fly lines, shooting heads, etc., and with this
new method it can be done in a matter of just a
few seconds!
The materials:
What you need for this way of producing loops is
a bait needle, pair of scissors, lighter, the special
type of shrinking-tube and the fly line to which
a new loop needs to be added. The technique can
be used for producing loops on either end of a
fly line, to which the leader or backing can be
connected, as well as for making loops in shooting
heads and the thin level fly lines that are used
as running lines.
1. First put a length of shrinking-tube
in the correct size on the bait needle (it should
be possible to pull a double section of fly line
through it). Work the fly line through the shrinking-tube
with help of the bait needle.
2. The shrinking-tube is now positioned
correctly. Warm up the shrinking-tube with the
help of a lighter. The tube should be warmed up
until it has shrunk around the fly line.
Strip the tube from the fly line.
Cut back the loose end of the fly
line. It is also possible to cut the end of the fly
line at a sharp angle before inserting it into the
tube. There will be no leftover pieces of fly line
if you work like that.
For more information on the
materials, and for more detailed information how
the same process is used to join shooting-heads
and running line; producing loops on glass lines;
making shooting heads; forming running lines from
cut off fly-lines; for making flies; for creating
shock-tippets; and for making tube flies – see
the December 2005 issue. |
