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If your looking for something similar to dacron. You might want to take a look at some of the unleaded leader materials out there. Very simular in there make up to dacron and in some of the lower breaking strains could easily be used as a hooklink. And if you didn't want bulky knots you could even splice it. 
Anyone remember Octosplice?
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In reply to Post #9
It's a mini bootlace, definitely not fine.
I still have a a Drennan spool in 12lb.
It's positives are is that it absolutely sinks like a brick.
When you hold it up vertically in the water above the lead, it falls and pig tails on the lead - totally flat.
You won't find anything like that now - closest is the Korda Dark Matter which is alot stronger, thinner, (not too thin that it causes mouth damage -it's thick for a braid) , and more subtle.
I use the Dark Matter over the Dacron spool I have, which is gathering dust.
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In reply to Post #7
Haven't used this since way back in the early 90s ! From memory it was so fine that it often cut into the side of fishes mouths during the fight. Surely there are better products out there now.
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In reply to Post #7
Haven't used this since way back in the early 90s ! From memory it was so fine that it often cut into the side of fishes mouths during the fight. Surely there are better products out there now.
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In reply to Post #6
Makes you wonder how we caught anything back in the day 🤔
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I have a couple of partial spools of it but I use it for all its good for, heavy duty thread for making repairs on bags and bivvys etc. Despite the number of fish that I caught on it, it was a nightmare to use. Its anti tangle properties were next to non. It used to be rare to wind in and not find your rig tangled. I would not be surprised if it was dacron that led to the use of tubing to make anti tangle rigs.
But, I did bring it out of retirement about 15 years ago to make some rigs up whereby I would run superglue into most of the hooklength to make it stiff and just leave about an inch or two limp near the hook. It worked too, but I gave up after suffering having to put up with hardened super glue on my thumb and index finger which I used to get the superglue into the fibres.
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In reply to Post #2
Must admit, never had that problem. Not that it matters.
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In reply to Post #1
Not sure about the Drennan stuff but Cortland Micron is still about, I used to use the white one many many moons ago, maybe something similar around?
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Why ???
It was a supple hooklink but not very durable , I can remember lots of breakages until Kryston manufactured proper hooklink material and the rest is history .
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Drennen Dacron was discontinued some time ago.Does anyone know if it's still available anywhere or has anyone got any that they know longer use and would like to get rid of?
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