Almost Perfect - Third Generation Inline

[RSBreth]

I get lots of stuff from Barlows, Janns Netcraft, or Lurepartsonline.

The look pretty good - I like bucktail or just a feathered treble on mine though.

[ness]

mic, when you say the skirts were 'made', what do you mean? I just assumed you'd buy the material and tie it on.

[mic]

There are special pliers. The pliers seperate the rubber skirt band and allow you to pull through material cut from bulk rolls. Then the pliers have a special stand that allows you to pull the rubber tight (torking the pliers)... so when you cut the material the strands pull apart (on there own). Then do a little touch up, and you have a custom made skirt. Pliers are a little pricy ($20) but they simply last forever. The one at the store in highland was 30 years old.

There is also a pen looking tool, but you need to use precut material (unless you want to pull the strands apart by hand).

[mic]

I get lots of stuff from Barlows, Janns Netcraft, or Lurepartsonline.

The look pretty good - I like bucktail or just a feathered treble on mine though.

I like tying on material as well, but my bench is in my hot garage so skirts will work for now. I will say, try some inlines with a single straight eye hook. I catch as many fish, but snag a lot less moss (bank fishing farm ponds).