no shock lead
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Mad as a fish
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Did the the lead crack off or was it a case of hit in the cast.
Coming over lad is the thing to do before you cast.
Coming over lad is the thing to do before you cast.
toonboymc
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Did the the lead crack off or was it a case of hit in the cast.
Coming over lad is the thing to do before you cast.
mad as a fish coming over lads ........before he casts
the mind boggles wot a sight lol lol
northeast1
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Right or wrong i never have and never will use a shock leader in the winter, i use 30lb straight through.
I hate pulling weed from the small knot
I hate tieing them on
I hate thinking about all that extra line floating around when you snag up
I have seen more near misses with shock leader than with out i.e the lead not snapping off and comming flying back towards the angler like a wrecking ball swing.
Am sure many will agree and disagree but that is my opinion of it and to be honest does not count for owt as i dont shore fish at all with leads over 3oz anyway as i dotn beach caster fish.
I hate pulling weed from the small knot
I hate tieing them on
I hate thinking about all that extra line floating around when you snag up
I have seen more near misses with shock leader than with out i.e the lead not snapping off and comming flying back towards the angler like a wrecking ball swing.
Am sure many will agree and disagree but that is my opinion of it and to be honest does not count for owt as i dont shore fish at all with leads over 3oz anyway as i dotn beach caster fish.
toonboymc
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i use 35 straigfht threw aswell
ozzy37
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aye I use 30lb straight through. at most I do is a hard lob and never had a snap off yet, but iv had loads when I use a shockleader..... thats enough evidence for me to make my mind up. dont care what people say
marco1967
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nowt worse than tying leader on every time ya snap off or stuck on a freezing night ,ive gone heavier line straight through which has resulted in less line snapping and less rig loss with only snood loss or maybe just hook or lead
im toying of going this route also, might lose a bit distance on casting , but can enjoy more fishing time , not retying shock knots etc as you say .
i changed to heavier line all the way through 2 year ago and since i did I very rarely have snap offs as it is usually the shock leader knot that catches the ring that causes the line to snap
and I always shout heads to let people know when i'm casting then shout coming over just before i cast it does not take long to do this and it makes casting a lot safer unlike some people who are virtually casting as they shout heads
and I always shout heads to let people know when i'm casting then shout coming over just before i cast it does not take long to do this and it makes casting a lot safer unlike some people who are virtually casting as they shout heads
Mad as a fish
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I use 30lb straight through and 40lb on rock edges, tried shock leaders for
while dont like them and wont use agian.
while dont like them and wont use agian.
codseeker
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plum mate did ya catch out :question:i think its chinese whispers or bull,cos i fished the heugh all saturday night.and no mention of this,anyone snapping off shouldnt be fishing next to folk i dont snap off i use 30 straight through,
billfish4853
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well as you say every one has different opinion me personally i would never cast a 6oz lead without a shock leader if you got 6or7 turns on left your real as your casting it shouldn't crack off if it did it would be out in front of ya were no one would get hurt i cast otg what cast do you do with 30lb straight through
smithy ov c.ham
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I always use shocker 60 70 lb becose I use 7oz leads plus bait wouldn't trust 35lb straight thu when ya swing it
smithy ov c.ham
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Not be that if clips ya car lol
