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finseeker
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depends how your using it really
if your belting it out then yes a leader is a must made from braid or mono, also if your fishing over heavy ground a rubbing leader helps protect your main line.
but if your just lobbing baits for flats etc then you can fish braid straight through
if your belting it out then yes a leader is a must made from braid or mono, also if your fishing over heavy ground a rubbing leader helps protect your main line.
but if your just lobbing baits for flats etc then you can fish braid straight through
Stewart 1971
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Yep, I use 66lb power pro on a couple of my reels and still have an 80lb mono leader
General rule of thumb is twice the length of the rod and half a dozen turns on the reel. Oh and 60lb will be fine. I attach mine with a Bimini in the braid and then a Slim Beauty to attach the Bimini to the leader
lead chucker
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Well try a 70lb braid shocker, attach it with a biminey twist, even 70lb braid is thin so it'll cast great
hound hunter
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Dwn my way the lads that use braid tend to use 30lb braid with a braided shockleader of around 70lb/80lb,some use a mono leader,they say it act's like a shock absorber when playing fish
Some lads swear by 60lb/70lb braid straight thru,but tbh braid with braided leader seem's to be the most pop,they reckon mono leader with braid causes tangle issuesJust a bit of food for thought buddy,personally I'm a mono man
Juliogeordio
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Agree with Stewart. Defo need a mono leader. It absorbs the rubbing over the rocks much much better than using braid straight through.
beachbuddy
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Dwn my way the lads that use braid tend to use 30lb braid with a braided shockleader of around 70lb/80lb,some use a mono leader,they say it act's like a shock absorber when playing fish
The mono leader caused me alot of trouble with wind knots first one lost about 20yds second one got a not about 80yds into the cast,took me 2 hrs at home to unpick it,I use 65lb whiplash with 90lb .50 spectra leader not a bit of bother,with 200grm leads,but find on clean ground using 150 grm I don't use a leader and it seems to get better distance.
beachbuddy
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When you've used mono the go to braid leader the rod loads up instantly due to no stretch.
Hadji Kareem
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Shock leader always give that extra bit of security, would hate for a lump of lead to come off and hit someone.
david.northeast
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I found that when casting hard with a mono leader it tends to wrap up in the rings and crack off so went with braid to braid. Didn't have any issues.
Think with mono leaders it was a case of the braid not being heavy enough to push the leader through the ring or so I was told anyway
Think with mono leaders it was a case of the braid not being heavy enough to push the leader through the ring or so I was told anyway
Stewart 1971
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Must be a fixed spool thing. I pendulum cast 66lb power pro with an 80lb mono leader on a Saltist 20 and a 525 Mag and I've never had even a hint of a problem.
As for the last bit all I can say is Eh? Basic physics tells you there is no "pushing" whatsoever going on in a cast - the acceleration then momentum of the lead pulls the line off the spool for both a multiplier and a fixed spool. Problems can occur with a multiplier when the spool is running too fast and the momentum of the lead is insufficient to match the acceleration of the spool (overrun and crack-off) but that is down to a poorly set-up reel and / or crap casting technique, not the main line being too light to push the leader through the rings
