[dbrady784]

Have a bunch of old fly lines, and it just kills me to throw them away. What do you do with your old fly lines? Anyway to recycle it?

 

[State fish rob]

Unless mine are scuffed or nicked , I just cleaned them up ,stretch them out ,coil them up and save them Not good for much else repurposed wise , I’m curious to what folks do as well.

 

[Ron_D]

Have a bunch of old fly lines, and it just kills me to throw them away. What do you do with your old fly lines? Anyway to recycle it?

https://flyvines.com/
They are a small company, send them your old lines and they will send you some of their products.

 

[Backwater]

https://flyvines.com/
They are a small company, send them your old lines and they will send you some of their products.

Now that is freakin cool! That's for the link. I'm going to try that.

 

[State fish rob]

Ditto

 

[Backwater]

Have a bunch of old fly lines, and it just kills me to throw them away. What do you do with your old fly lines? Anyway to recycle it?

You can baby the lines, clean them up, dress them and keep one or more as an emergency backup, at your home. I've easily had fly lines last 5-6yrs just by caring for them (but some don't last that long) and kept a few as backups for an additional year or so. Or give them to a newbie without lots of $$ who is still learning, if they are still in good shape. But if they are cracked, scuffed up or cut up, brittle and/or lack suppleness, then I wrap them up and recycle them.

I definitely will send the next batch to the flylines people, the next time.

 

[backbone]

That company is cool! It would be a great way to retire a line you put a special fish on and have them make you some type of key chain or doodad.

 

[jmrodandgun]

I use the running line on my sunglasses.

 

[tailwalk]

https://flyvines.com/
They are a small company, send them your old lines and they will send you some of their products.

It would be awesome to get back my old line turned into something new. I never heard of this, thanks for sharing!

 

[Backwater]

I use the running line on my sunglasses.

I guess you can braid it to make it thicker and stiffer. I ended up using 150lb Spiderwire, colored it black with a sharpy, then coated it with Liquid Fusion, to stiffen it up. And it's nail knotted onto my Costas on top near my ears. Then the nail knot is coated with Liquid Fusion. Bottom line, it's not breaking or slipping off my glasses! But I do think using fly line for a croaky line on your glasses is a good idea.

 

[jmrodandgun]

I ended up using 150lb Spiderwire, colored it black with a sharpy, then coated it with Liquid Fusion, to stiffen it up. And it's nail knotted onto my Costas on top near my ears. Then the nail knot is coated with Liquid Fusion.

That's a lot of extra work homie. I've been doing it like this for years. I've never had one work itself loose and it's well known that I am piss poor knot tier.

 

[permitchaser]

I think if you keep fly line out of the sun and heat they’ll be fine. I keep all my reels in my house when not in use and the line last years. If it’s flaking or ruff then donate it