Rope splicing??

[Fly Rod]

you can buy anchor line, bow or spring lines already already spliced!!!

[Mr. Sandman]

All good boaters should know a few splices!! If you can tie an albright knot you have the skills to splice.

Its not hard, teach yourself the eye splice and backsplice at a minimum. You will be able to customize you slip lines perfectly. Just don't let the guys on the dock see you splicing lines or you will have a pile of them to do! Really!!!

The trick is pick out some decent soft 3-strand nylon line. Don't use the stiff old stuff that has been outdoors for 5 or 6 years. (BTW, you can "soften your stiff lines by putting them in your washer machine and soaking them in fabric softener.)

[MakoMike]

It also doesn't hurt to wash themonce in a while in detergent folowed by fabric softner. It will make them last a lot longer.

[Gloucester2]

Sonds like a job for the laundramat . . . I can see her face now "Honey, can you throw these in the wash - warm water, gentle cycle - easy on the fabric softner