Current catalog prices of English vacuum dressed lines range from ten to twenty cents a yard; the American made, about fifteen cents a yard. Prices vary with the different sizes and tapered lines cost more than the level.
Tapered and Level Lines
The tapered line, as its title suggests, has a middle of given size and gradually thins toward one end in the single taper and both ends in the double tapered, this being accomplished by leaving out a certain number of threads in the braiding process. Tapers vary; one American manufacturer is making his standard lines with 8 foot tapers and his tournament lines, very popular with some anglers, with very long front taper and with the middle or " belly " and the back taper made short.
