Fishing line bowstring

[The Gopher]

I was at the sporting goods store the other day and walked by the fishing line, when i saw the wide variety of so called braids and superbraids. i wondered if any of these could be used for bowstrings. Aside from the physical aspect, the price still might be high, but it just got me to thinking. has anyone tried this? thanks, Dan.

[Bodork]

I had a friend who was making bowstrings out of spiderwire a few years ago. He compared it to fastflight. Don't know whatever happened to him using it.

[electric blues]

If you didn't hear about it then it either didnt work so good, or killed him.

great list of choices, eh?

[deadpool]

i believe a spool of 60lb stren super braid can make a sweet bowstring, then again it is very slick, so I dobt think waxing it up when makin the string will do ya much good

[batty110]

I was wondering this too.  I was thinking some power pro might be the ticket since it's made out of spectra fibers, but it is some REALLY slick stuff.  I could whip one up for the kid's fiberglass bow I have if someone gave me a recommendation on weight?

[30coupe]

Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me. Post the results if you are still able.    

I don't think you'd save any money either.

It intended purpose of fishing line is to stand up to longitudinal stress. Bow string must tolerate both lateral and longitudinal stresses while being bent around the nocks. I'm no chemical engineer, but I'm sticking with D97! I know it works very well.

Good luck!

[Bjorn]

Hmmm wonder if I could use D 97 in my trolling reel. After all why would I want to use anything as pedestrian as fishing line for fishing?  

[batty110]

Originally posted by 30coupe:
Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me. Post the results if you are still able.        

I don't think you'd save any money either.

It intended purpose of fishing line is to stand up to longitudinal stress. Bow string must tolerate both lateral and longitudinal stresses while being bent around the nocks. I'm no chemical engineer, but I'm sticking with D97! I know it works very well.

Good luck!

I'm starting to reconsider the more I think about it.  I hadn't considered the role that different directional forces would play on it.  I thought it might be cheaper, but upon looking up the cost per yard, it's almost the same if not cheaper for the bowstring specific material.