Fly splice update

[Babberney]

Well, I did it. After seeing the online instructions for the fly splice, I was confused at first, but carefully reading through the steps it was clearer and I felt ready to tackle the job. Measure, mark, pull core, fid here, fid there, all going well. Then I came to the last step: work all parts until the marks line up. Sounds simple enough, but OMG! what a mess! As I fought with the various hockled strands of the core for hours I remembered someone else had posted their experience with the same damn thing and wondered why I didn't pay more attention at the time. After struggling to a point of extreme frustation, I hung it up and came inside. The next day I returned and had no more success. <br> I finally un-spliced what I had done so as to cut off as little rope as possible before trying again. This time I worked most of the slack out and got the eye looking close to right before starting the final bury. I got that one to work, but I still spent a lot of time getting the cover in the eye to stretch out to its full length without having some core yarns poking out from the middle.

Bottom line: if I buy more fly, I will have it pre spliced or make do with knots. Maybe I'll change my mind if I ever get to see the splice done by someone who can teach me a trick or two, but right now I am convinced the Sherrill's splicers are earning their money.

Keith

 

[Colin]

On my fourth try I pulled out more of the core yarns to make the cover loose for the final bury. (First 3 tries ended up getting cut up) My second Fly rope was purchased spliced but I do not like the large eye. Since then I have gone back to using 16 strand Yellow Jacket and haven't messed with my two Fly ropes much. The one I bought spliced has only been used maybe 10 times, I might sell it at the Expo if somebody asks.

 

[Babberney]

For the record, I didn't mean to say Sherrill's guys don't earn their money on other splices, but I can do a 16-strand splice in less than an hour and I like it, so it's worth saving 25 bux (plus I can buy rope by the reel for a lot cheaper and make any length of rope I want).

On this splice, unless I'm missing something, they're earning a lot more than they're getting.

K