I want to make some leaders of a special nature for fishing. What I want to
make are pieces of wire, starting about 2" long, then the ends spiraled to
make two eyes with a straight piece in the middle. I would put a sinker on
the straight part before making the second eye.

What type of high strength wire would I use? I could probably get some old
guitar wires from a music shop and use the ones that don't have the
secondary spiral winding. Or is there just a simple type of commonly
available wire? Picture hanging wire is cheap, and it is kinda springy.
Mainly, I want it not to bend too much or be soft and break from flexing.

Steve