My first double braided eye splice - what am I doing wrong?

[axelessbaum]

Thanks for the confirmation, Brion.

As it turns out, I am in Europe like rxc. I was in the US a month ago and picked up the splicing materials to start experimenting. All I got for double braid was the 1/4" I sent you and some similarly-sized Sta-Set X. I'd love to hear any guidance about the other splices I might use for these ropes with the too-tight covers.

Glad I also grabbed some 3-strand, which so far is splicing fine ;-)