I've pulled out a pair of fly reels that have been sitting in the back of a closet for 20ish years now and am looking to bring them back into use with the #3/4 rod that was stored with them. The braid backing on both seems to be in excellent condition, but the yellow line is fairly loose even after I stretched it out and reeled back under tension. There weren't any obvious weaknesses in the line, but a couple of spots seemed to have something melted to the outside of the line.
Unfortunately there isn't a local fly shop to help, nearest one I know about is 2 hours away in the opposite direction from my fishing hole. Target species a

