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Bill Noble[_2_] Bill Noble[_2_] is offline
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Default Slightly OT BUT METAL CONTENT

fishing leader is sold in stores, it's made from stainless steel wire - at
least what I've seen here -

"Steve B" wrote in message
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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