DaHo Instructional and Educational Materials
This page includes instructional and educational materials about how to use our DaHo hollow spectra needle tools
These are helpful hints that can assist you in doing many of the basic tasks that are required in using hollow spectra needle tools. They are discussed here, in detail, so that all of the procedures that use these basic tasks can just reference them in their instructions.
1. Starting a needle in the end of your hollow spectra line
2. Inserting a needle into the side of the line
3. Feeding the needle inside the hollow center of the spectra line
4. Hollow spectra line and needle sizes
5. Threading needle and mono/fluoro line sizes
6. Straightening out DaHo Needles
1. Starting a needle in the end of your hollow spectra line – One of the more ‘challenging’ tasks, at first, can be to initially insert the point of your needle into the middle, hollow section of your spectra line. The spectra line is usually fuzzy at the end and will flatten out when any pressure is put on it, making the center hollow chamber of the braid difficult to find.
The recommended place to work with your needles is on the edge of a table or other flat surface. Put the line on the top of the table, straight for a foot or so, and place the end of the line at the edge of the table. This position gives you the ability to position the needle in the right position so it appears that it is extending from the line’s position.
You need to use the point of your needle, the smaller the better for this purpose at first, to find the center of the spectra line. Once you have found the hollow center of the braid, the outer part of the line should look consistent in color and texture, and your needle should go up inside the spectra line easily, depending upon the outer size of the needle and the size/weight of the line. Below is a threading needle inserted into the end of the hollow spectra line. If the picture resolution was better, you could see that the spectra with the needle in it is the same color and texture of the braid.