I think I get it. The Dutch Hat covers the eye with the wings laid down over the other piece of cover, all whipped together right at the base of the eye. If this isn't right, I don't get it.
I am thinking that treating the line like a Class II double braid like Brian suggested (and I mentioned) will be my first attempt with this as my fallback. I do have the issue that my cover may be a little large and I may try and bury the LS core inside the Amsteel core to bulk it up at the eye. If I can figure out how to have that add to the strength, that may be good as well.
Allen
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Originally Posted by Brion Toss
Hello,
Jeff had some good suggestions; I'll just add the possibility of a "Dutch Hat", which is a short piece of cover that the core is threaded through before splicing. The core goes in a couple of inches from one end, and out a couple of inches from the other. This results in a couple of little wings, hence the term.
If you also thread the core into a section of cover before splicing, you'll have a cover for the standing part near the end. Typically we'll pull on 4 to 6 feet, with the core going in about a foot from the standing part side, so you will have a tail to bury later.
When both pieces of cover are on, make your splice. Then slide the standing part cover up as far as practicable, then taper the ears a bit and lay them down and serve or whip or tape over them. Finally, bury the cover tail in the standing part.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss
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