polypropylene rope for float question

Rob allen line is the same as the polypo clothes line,...i recommend getting a cheap foam filled line (tinman had a good source) or making your own 'tube style" line

basspro (outdoor world) has a nice poly line that comes in two different braid types (one tighter than the other but same price) and its onnly like 15 dollars for 100 feet and it comes with a caribiner.. i know of a few people that use it as floatline

Carbiner

dont trust a caribiner..they can open

It's true don't trust a carabiner. The only one I trust is a quick link or this one that I started using recently.

For a float line any polypropylene rope will do. As far as what's ideal I like a 3 strand tight weave, such as an old RA orange line that I have. However I noticed that more recent lines from RA are different, I can't remember how different exactly, maybe less strands or a different weave. Home Depot has a yellow polypropylene rope that will do in a pinch but I don't like it very much because it's a looser weave.

Here's a comparison I did once between the RA line and some clothes line I bought at a camping store, the blue camping store line had more strands. Of course I didn't count every strand, just the minimum amount that would allow me to multiply to get the total number per line.

I see no reason or need for a tube style float line in our waters. The foam filled float line is good if you're going to be employing the cordelero method where one diver pulls up another. This thicker rope is simply more comfortable on the hands, but is no good for spooling.

I'm working right now on sourcing a good Polypropylene rope. It's a simple item but is better when you get the right one. I'd like to check out Steven's suggestion at Basspro.

I secure the float line to a quick link or the other snap I mentioned with a uniknot, although for a long time I've used a simple loop knot without a problem.

i like to splice the floatlines as Dan's image showed as well..I just bind the part where the splice ends, no knot..where is your knot Dan?

What knot?

I know TTIWWOP but If you put a short sleeve of vinyl tubing over the first 10' of poly it will help it
not wrap your fins or ankles. I really dislike soft high flexible drag lines. I still use the Tuna cord sealed vinyl
ones Terry Mass and I built 30 years ago with 3/8'' tubing, we coil them in 3 foot coils to stow on the gun rack.
Each diver leaves the boat from port or starboard. Four diver per trip max.
Cheers, Don

you said you tied each with a uni-knot but used to use a regular knot and that worked as well, i didn't see any knot so I also asked, what knot?

quoted-
"I secure the float line to a quick link or the other snap I mentioned with a uniknot, although for a long time I've used a simple loop knot without a problem."

I didn't post any pics of a Polypropylene line.

oh, there is a breakdown in communication somewhere. your previous post about the floatlines mentioned that you secure the clip or quick link with a uniknot, I just didn't understand where this uniknot was.

A picture is worth a thousand words..

and correction, looks like I'm still using the simple loop knot for the float line. However you can see the blue Uniknot between the gun and the snap.

thank you, that makes a million times more sense....i kept thinking you meant to attach the terminal tackle to the line itself.

boat is looking good there, too clean, needs some fish on the deck

dan i think youd find you like the line youve been using better than the poly stuff,but i may be wrong

Dan, I'm curious as to why you use a swivel to a carabiner on the gun end and swiv/link on the float end instead using just a tuna clip w/ built-on swivel on the both rope ends and just clip that to the gun rope loop and to the webbing? Also, in the first pic, is that a fish stringer with the blue mono on one end? How does it keep the fish from sliding off? Here in Hawaii, our stringers look exactly like that but has the mono in the middle making it a T.

deep blue, for me the tuna clips are too bulky, I avoid them when I can. For example on my boat the butt or handle of the gun goes into a hole/gun rack. We leave the float lines attached when we're hopping from spot to spot. The tuna clip will make it more difficult to fit the end of the gun in the hole. Just a little preference that I have. The truth is I can't get myself to trust a tuna clip for stuff that I really don't want to lose.

The blue mono is a stringer. It never comes off the float, loop is crimped on, the float line spool also never comes off the float. Less things to misplace this way. As such I need a quick way to get the fish off the stringer. The mono attached to the back of the stringer allows me to shake the fish right off it. The tuna clip grabs on to a groove in the stringer. The loop formed by the mono keeps the fish closer to the float than if they were to be dangling at the end of the same length mono if the stringer was T.