Nope, fishing line is too thin and fiddly for me - in the cold and dark I need a line I can see and handle easily - as bright as possible and as thick as is sensible to minimise tangling.
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Nope, fishing line is too thin and fiddly for me - in the cold and dark I need a line I can see and handle easily - as bright as possible and as thick as is sensible to minimise tangling.
Why do you need to handle it during the night?
Set up the sleeping system during daylight.
Thicker lines - added weight.
I hate tangled lines, waste of time to untangle. I use old fly fishing line spools. Also easier to find inside the backpack.
I learned that after losing the 2 removable tent lines that were crucial, and had to improvise with tree samplings.
Set up the sleeping system during daylight.
Thicker lines - added weight.
I hate tangled lines, waste of time to untangle. I use old fly fishing line spools. Also easier to find inside the backpack.
I learned that after losing the 2 removable tent lines that were crucial, and had to improvise with tree samplings.
To be honest most people have better things to do with their time than spend hours braiding meters and meters of fishing line just to save a tiny bit of weight. Better to buy it ready made. After all its hardly the fact that we are in a bad situation. Besides I'd rather use what fishing line I have to fish with. To say nothing of the fact that decapitation or serions injury is a possibility if you walk into something like that. Parracord you tend to bounce off a bit more readily. Imagine 4 hours spent untangling fishing line just to hang your tarp.. no thanks !
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Decapitation? Serious injury?
Nooooo, just not possible.
To thick. I do not think you have seen a 150 lb braid?
Untangling? Why? Organization of your equipment is an essential skill.
Some people think it is OK to braid for a couple of hours once in 10 years, other think it is OK to carve a wooden spoon......
To each its own.
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As a family, we always went out with a 9' x 12' Woods canvas tent.
Every cord in our whole camp was about 1/4", soft and white (maybe woven cotton?)
Dad must have bought 1/2 mile of it.
I think you are all best off to do some online window shopping with a company stocking all kinds of lines and ropes.
Our country hardware store stocks at least 20 different kinds of rope/cord/line, even a "survey" cord that's fluorescent PINK!
Otherwise for tarred lines, I deal with an outfit on the west coast = Pacific Net & Twine.
Every cord in our whole camp was about 1/4", soft and white (maybe woven cotton?)
Dad must have bought 1/2 mile of it.
I think you are all best off to do some online window shopping with a company stocking all kinds of lines and ropes.
Our country hardware store stocks at least 20 different kinds of rope/cord/line, even a "survey" cord that's fluorescent PINK!
Otherwise for tarred lines, I deal with an outfit on the west coast = Pacific Net & Twine.
I can’t see any advantage of braided fishing line over 2 or 3 mm dyneema cord. Unless your an ultralight gram counting weenie. Dyneema weighs sod all anyway and is considerably lighter per given length than paracord with a much smaller ‘pack size’. Also stored properly it won’t tangle - no need for tangled lines, that’s just sloppy personal admin.
I personally don’t want any stretch in my ridge-line. I like it tight and to stay tight.
Using fishing line Is from the same
School of thought as cutting a toothbrush in half to save a few grams. No need to go that far imho.
I personally don’t want any stretch in my ridge-line. I like it tight and to stay tight.
Using fishing line Is from the same
School of thought as cutting a toothbrush in half to save a few grams. No need to go that far imho.
Take a trip to a chandlers or the climbing section of your outdoor shop. It'll be fun apart from anything else. But you will see there any number of varieties of static line. I use something heavyish for the ridgeline
I have around 100m of ‘retired’ 9mm static caving rope - nice and fast for descents but a bit heavy for a ridgeline!
Retired rope is superb for normal stuff - rope swings etc.
I was using amsteel but I am using 1.5 mm zing it and dutch hook and wasp as I bought a Dutchware gear continuous ridgeline. It works well and is very light
https://dutchwaregear.com/product/continuous-ridgeline/#type-and-color
https://dutchwaregear.com/product/continuous-ridgeline/#type-and-color
I did use 1.5mm (with Dutch hook and wasp) on my ridgeline until It snapped in a storm.
Now I'm on 2mm double braid for the ridge but still 1.5 for the guy outs
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