Airborne,
I have tried it both ways and prefer it to be separate. I set my length to have two extra feet of line to grab hold of when the traveller is let all the way out. I still have the center bar (knee breaker) on my tramp and I stuff the line under the bar after I set the traveller. I use 3/8 line but I'm not sure what the standard is. Hope this helps. Sorry about not getting any pictures to you. Short story is that my digital camara is unavailable.

-Rob V.