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Old 01-28-2013, 04:28 PM   #31
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Re: DIY floatline

Here is my recipe for a great inexpensive float line and buoy.
1/4" Yellow Polypropylene hollow braid (West Marine)# 11477320 $.48 pr. ft. at the length of choice
8.5"x27" Red Hull Guard fender #9446253 $62.99
The line is super easy to splice, highly visible, floats and could be stored easily in a bucket without holding memory.
The fender is bright red and super strong and has virtually no drag in the water.
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Old 02-10-2013, 01:30 PM   #32
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Re: DIY floatline

home depot has foam filled line of $10 for a hundred feet I use on my buoys for diving wrecks with shot lead so not to destroy, I bring shot bags up and line floats just like the floatlines I see here on SB.
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Old 03-03-2013, 05:57 PM   #33
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Re: DIY floatline

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I would use this line:
http://www.reddenmarine.com/catalogs.../?p=1&q=7%2F64

7/64, 1600lb test, $0.23 per foot - that's half the price compared to some diving equipment stores.

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COuld this be used for wishbone line? surely thats a little too heavy and a little too thin for float line (what kinda cheap tubing could it go in?). I have a tendency to get all tangled up in the skinny stuff.
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Old 03-05-2013, 12:21 PM   #34
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home depot has foam filled line of $10 for a hundred feet I use on my buoys for diving wrecks with shot lead so not to destroy, I bring shot bags up and line floats just like the floatlines I see here on SB.
Is there a link where I can see that?

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Old 03-15-2013, 12:16 PM   #35
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Re: DIY floatline

We use the cheap $10 per 100 foot stuff down here in Louisiana. Biggest we've landed so far on it was a 177lb and a 155lb tuna, so it'll do the trick, unless you shooting tuna in Mexico, or blue fins or something...don't know of too many creatures built for power like tuna.
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