It’s one a spare spoon I found, unmarked. It looks like my grandad tied it on backwards unless he trimmed off a loop. The two end sections are pictured, along with what I’d call the mid section but I don’t have the space to lay it out properly atm. The ends look thinner than the middle, what type of fly like could this be ? Also is there anyway of telling the weight of an unknown line? I need an 8wt line and ik he used to fish for bonefish on an 8wt set up I think so wondering if this is the line he used.
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That’s what’s called a double taper line. Little bit of an older technology but some people still like to use them because as the line wears out on one end you can flip the line and use the other side. The wide part by the loop is just the line flipped and welded which causes it to be wider in that section. As far as determining weight goes, the best way I have found is look to see if you can determine the length. Most standard fly lines are around 90ft if it is around that long, take the line and place it on a scale. Find how many grams it is. You can then use the grams to find the grains it weighs by dividing the grams by .0648. I would then go to any major fly line company and find a double taper fly line they offer. From there match up the grains you calculated with the closest available there and that should put you in the ballpark. Fly line weight is often a misnomer as it is not often universal between fly line manufacturers. If you want to get the best performance out of a fly rod often pairing it with a line in the proper grain window will do the job much better.
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Could be a double taper. Double tapers don’t have much thin running line due to the twin tapers on each end.
If you need an 8wt buy one, you shouldn’t be fishing with an old line. You can weigh the line and find out roughly what rod weight it is intended for. But that doesn’t help if you think that it has been cut off.