View Full Version : So what have you used fishing line for ?


cow tamer
02-27-2006, 07:20 PM
Besides fishing, what creative uses have you come up with for fishing line.

Here's (3) of mine:
1) mending window screens
2) stitching a tear in a tent
3) squirrel proofing a bird feeder (hanging the bird feeder from the line, the squirrels just can't get a foothold)

Nebe
02-27-2006, 07:33 PM
dental floss

fcap60
02-27-2006, 07:59 PM
1. Tying an over suffer roaster (chicken).
2. Heavy duty sewing thread ( korkers straps, etc)
3. hanging pictures.

Raider Ronnie
02-27-2006, 08:02 PM
tying off the christmas tree in the corner so the dog dosen't tip it over
again !!!

hooked
02-27-2006, 09:19 PM
Hanging Christmas wreaths from windows.

fishaholic18
02-27-2006, 09:28 PM
Clammer uses it to hold his pants up.:biglaugh:
Or...He should..:bl2:

jklett
02-27-2006, 09:41 PM
Drawer pulls on a dresser.

macojoe
02-27-2006, 09:43 PM
100 pond test, in the weed wacker, when it ran out of line. Also the bird feeder thing

Raven
02-27-2006, 09:50 PM
i take a heavy piece of canvas and wrap up a clothesline rope wrapped in shrink wrap plastic which i roll up...real tight then i sew it on the seam and on the ends.... you can really wing it out there and it'll last forever.

in spring i'm gonna make a 150 foot long dog run out of 30 pound test.

thefishingfreak
02-27-2006, 10:06 PM
picture frame hanging.
wind chime repairs.
light switch pulls.
ceiling fan pulls.
250HP.yamaha throttle cable{emergency repair}.
flashlight leash.
sunglasses round the neck thingys.
clear clogged pisser streams on said 250HP yamaha.
lawnmover pull cord{400#test}
weedwacker string.
stiches.{yes}
offshore cheese cutter.

labrax
02-27-2006, 10:29 PM
I have a Jetta that has a distributor cap on it that is a pain to get latched back on. Whenever I check or replace it I use 40lb test to pull up on the spring clamp that I cannot get to with a screwdriver or other tool - works pretty good.

Have been using it for picture frames too...

cow tamer
02-28-2006, 06:44 AM
I hang christmas wreaths with it too.

Recently the handle fell off the lint screen on the clothes dryer. I replaced the handle with a monofilament leader.

baldwin
02-28-2006, 11:57 AM
Holding up my 3 year-old's pants when I forgot to put a belt on him. My wife wasn't nearly as upset as she was when I used duct tape for the same purpose.

fishsmith
02-28-2006, 12:13 PM
I use wire line to MacGyver tons of stuff, most recently to clamp down the plate that covers my catalitic converter.

Power pro and a 'J' hook was used to hang the wreath on the door this year.

Jimbo
02-28-2006, 12:15 PM
Used it to stablize a wreath that was blowing around.
Shoelaces.
Found uses for tying up shrubs and plants with it.
Didn't work so well, but once I used it in an old wooden tennis racket that had some broken strings.
Most important use-I have a couple of those red frames wound with cod line I got at Riverview about 40 years ago when they were in W.Dennis. I use them to sniff, because of that intoxicating smell they have.

lurch
02-28-2006, 06:36 PM
I used line to cut through PVC pipe.

Used it to cut bait as well.

Swimmer
02-28-2006, 07:09 PM
Several years ago my sister-in-law was working for the state of Texas in a border town after having received her nurse midwife practitioner degree from Baylor. Most of the time the clinic just did minor surgeries that involved OB GYN stuff that my sister-in-law handled. One day during her shift a young Mexican woman came in. She was in an extreme pain Dee said. Very high temp. and a tremendous amount of discomfort in her abdomen and pevic area. Extremely distended andomen. Up on the table with feet in stirups my sister-in-law begins her exam. Inside this poor girls vagina was what looked like mono sticking out front the wall of her uterous. My siser-in-law touch it and the cry of pain indicated that this is where the infection and everything else wrong with this girl originated from. She had a cesarean in Mexico as it turned out and the only thing whoever it was that did the operation had to stitch the girl up with was about 20 # mono. I didn't rear anybody else post but I bet this one takes the cake. The girl was ship off to Houston to be operated on.

Squid kids Dad
02-28-2006, 07:46 PM
Swimmer..Theres a joke in there but I will pass...:bl:

Sudsrat
02-28-2006, 08:51 PM
The chain to the flapper in my toilet busted almost 3 years ago.
65lb PowerPro and still flushing!
:btu: