There is a flyfishing museum in Manchester, VT, The American Museum of
Fly Fishing, to be precise.  mail: Box 42, Manchester, 05254, ph.
802/362-3300, fax:802/362-3308, no email address listed, Dir.: Craig
Gilborn; Cur. (vanishing?  i don't think so) Jon Marthewson  - I would
think these folks could like help, if they can't then try the
"oldtimers" at some place like Orvis or one of the fly fishing magazines
- Gray's Sporting Journal comes to mind.
(i'm married to a fly fisherman,...what can i say?)  good fishing!!!
Linn
Dr H La Rue wrote:
>
> Does anyone know where I could find out when nylon (or synthetic) fishing
> line was first produced, or when it was first used?  I know that Nylon
> dates from 1938 and nylons (ladies stockings) from 1939 but what about the
> use of nylon in cable form?
>
>         Hope someone out there might have a clue for me or the name, and
> address, of someone who might know.
>
> many thanks
> H
>
> Dr H La Rue, Lecturer/Curator of the Bate Collection and of the Musical
> Collections in the Pitt Rivers Museum and Fellow of St Cross College,
> Oxford,
> address: 60 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6PN, UK
> tel: (0)1865 274721
> fax: (0)1865 274725