Making the perfect loop on your fly line!

How to make the perfect loop on your fly line.
Be sure to use the right shrink tubing! It needs to have the right shrink temperature..

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[lespaul]

WOW, I have been wondering how to do this for ages... Finally someone has done it. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! 😁

[lovetheoutdoors]

I have to admit. Your method for welding a loop on fly line is incredible. I just did it within seconds and I also tested the strength and I must say it's superb. Whoever doesn't like your video is jealous that they didn't think of it. Thank You so much 🙏🙏🙏

[fresh]

will this work if i only have hair straightener on fixed 220 heat? Would it work if I hold it/heat the tube for shorter time?

[brushuvud]

Works great!! Thank you for the clip. The fly line I just looped is going to be rigged on the #4 Rodwalker I bought from you.

[OhEmGeeGee]

What the heck lol, that's awesome!

[giovannia]

Ooo!!!! Great method!!! Whats is the size of the hair streightners? How many cm?

[WaschyNumber]

You can use any good clear(you can see if it's melter) heat tubing with the right diameter.

[salemhardan]

Thank you for your gr8 video.
I got a question, I'm new to fly fishing and I got an used fly line without loops, my question is how do I do to define the right end to attach to my baking?

[JoshEthanJohnson]

hey. great vid.. although I couldn't get it to work. I ran out, so to speak, and amazon'ed some shrink tubing. Cool product. I followed all your instructions but my fly line never melted to itself. It only flattened the folded over sections hit with the hair straightener. I tried for short periods of heat and very long periods. I'm using the Orvis Pro Textured floating line so maybe there's something with that line that doesn't melt the same as others?? Any thoughts? Work arounds? It's an expensive line and wouldn't replace it just for a welded loop but... I LOVE the welded loop. Not just for ease of tying on new leader but because no matter how flush I trim my nail knot, it's still a pain in the ass to get the knot through all the eyelets EVERYTIME it may come in past them. It adds up after a full day of fishing.

[MrRioting]

Wow. Who knew? So being an audio engineer, and not a hair dresser, I didn’t have a hair straightener, nor does my GF, who IS a hair dresser, but I had a heat gun that is also adjustable temperature. I set it just above 170, and directed the heat flow to miss the loop but hit the junction and as I have LOTS of heat shrink of every kind and size known to man, I used the smallest clear tube that the fly line could fit into, doubled up. I heated carefully, and watched the fly line melt while the shrink tubing squeezed it all together and just left the heat shrink on the weld. That’s probably going to make a bigger splash and maybe not float, but I didn’t have scissors small enough to cut it off. I might cut it off and reduce the length of shrink tube and try again if this loop does the aforementioned splash and sink, at least on my new floating tip for my skaget line, but I think the sink tips won’t care. Nor will the fish when I Spey cast this mess 30 yards across the river and up stream from the swing! Thanks for the education!

[cicerobatistagomes]

Slalom.
Veryj nice 👏 👏 👏 👏
Thanks!

[marcopezzati]

Rene, have you tried Also to weld fly line to polyleader? I mean without loop

[crazypaul]

What size shrink tubing are you using? I have 3/32 (2mm) but not sure if that will work?

[paulmauricio]

This is great. What diameter of shrink tubing are you using if you don’t mind me asking ?

[jimcastillo]

Hello, does it work with euro braid level lines? thanks

[박재중-sv]

thank u so much. Where Can I get the tube??

[phildlight]

This is insanely I personally love the welded loops and loop to loop connections. I've got to try this. Have you noticed any difference in how different brands of lines weld?

[michaelserlet]

Is that 170 degrees Centigrade or Fahrenheit? 170 degrees Fahrenheit wasn't hot enough to melt the line together.

[tpalmer]

Melted plastic just doesn’t seem strong enough. Unless the core is tied… It just doesn’t seem strong. Might be OK for trout and other small freshwater species. I would not trust that for salmon or anything salt water.
One thought is to put one or two nail knots/needle nail knots as tight as you can get them right on top of the weld. That would Lock both sides of the core together (running end and working end).

[juhago]

Does this work with a fly line that has a multifilament core? Like in the SA amplitude smooth series.