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Title: Anyone ever used Fishing line as Serving?
Post by: joebuck on April 03, 2009, 10:07:00 AM
Does anyone serve their strings with fishing line? if ,so what # you use to match a knock on 16 strand string..thanks
Title: Re: Anyone ever used Fishing line as Serving?
Post by: frank bullitt on April 03, 2009, 10:53:00 AM
Joebuck, what type, mono, braided, Spider wire? Yes you can, the size would be your choice. There is mono serving out there, but not my favorite, has to much memory. If it would break in the feild, it's tough to ty off. A few years ago, I was talking to Leon Stewart, he was using a type of fly fishing backing.
Title: Re: Anyone ever used Fishing line as Serving?
Post by: joebuck on April 03, 2009, 10:56:00 AM
Thanks frank, don't really have a bow shop close so i was going to go to Wallyworld...I was thinking just 20#mono...clear......
Title: Re: Anyone ever used Fishing line as Serving?
Post by: Forest Archer on April 03, 2009, 10:57:00 AM
Get some spider-wire.
Title: Re: Anyone ever used Fishing line as Serving?
Post by: ryped on April 03, 2009, 11:09:00 AM
Spiderwire  10lb=.18,  15lb=.21, 20lb=.24
Title: Re: Anyone ever used Fishing line as Serving?
Post by: BRONZ on April 03, 2009, 11:12:00 AM
I use Spiderwire to tye on catwhiskers, but not as serving.
Title: Re: Anyone ever used Fishing line as Serving?
Post by: ishiwannabe on April 03, 2009, 11:39:00 AM
I used 18# mono for serving a string....still going strong.
Title: Re: Anyone ever used Fishing line as Serving?
Post by: bayoulongbowman on April 03, 2009, 12:07:00 PM
I bet braided line would be good , no strech!Gobble Gobble Joey!!!!!!!!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Anyone ever used Fishing line as Serving?
Post by: gsdmikko on April 03, 2009, 02:13:00 PM
my father uses regular monofilament line ALL the time..no problems with it at all..
Title: Re: Anyone ever used Fishing line as Serving?
Post by: Rob DiStefano on April 03, 2009, 05:56:00 PM
heck, fishing monofilament line was all we used for serving back in the 60's/70's.  imo, the modern hmpe fiber stuff is so much better ... it's not fun to see yer mono center serving rapidly unravelling off the string when it gets cut (as evenutally it will)!
Title: Re: Anyone ever used Fishing line as Serving?
Post by: Leo L. on April 03, 2009, 05:59:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by BRONZ:
I use Spiderwire to tye on catwhiskers, but not as serving.
Same here, I used some Power Pro braided line to tye on my Hush Puppy silencers.  It would probably be pretty good for serving.