Hose? You can't use hose unless it's a flexible brake line
with a rigid core. Flexible stainless hose is built like an accordian. It will expand. Any expansion with standard hose will negate the force necessary to move the clutch. The formed steel lines don't have that issue so they're really the best choice.

'89 P'up, 2.6 I-Tec, 488,000 miles and done... gone to the great beyond