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Depends where you regularly fish as well. If you fish from piers, you want at least 3 turns on your reel while your gear is in the water at low water.
 
aye eggacktly soon as that leader knot is onto ya reel then less worry about challenging a decent fish still in water then up the wall :)
 
Standard 12ft rod will need about 9 metres which equates to about 4 turns on reel spool, the length of the rod above the reel and your 5-6 ft casting drop.
You could always buy tapered shock leader which comes on a spool in the size you need, normally get about 3 to 5 on a spool :)
 
For beach fishing 4 turns on the spool is far too few ,on a cold night with wet hands any spool slip could mean the end of the cast i.e the power stroke could be on just the main line as the leader could have slipped off the spool . I generally use 8 to 12 turns on the spool plus rod length and a half to top clip for rig . On the piers or where a decent lift is required i will use an over long leader so the leader is on the reel before the fish is lifted clear of the water .
 
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Darnc said:
Bet you wished you'd never asked now best go with the average and you'l soon learn what's best for and your fishing mate
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It's the bloke who posted above you that I would go with. I absolutely promise that he knows what he is talking about.

Mine is not that different to Bob. I always go 6 turns on the spool and twice the length of the rod (unless I'm fishing a pier in which case I'll go longer). Too short a leader can cause problems with crack-offs at the tip eye especially on cheaper rods where the tip will wobble about after casting. A longer leader allows the tip to "recover" a bit more before the leader knot passes through the tip ring.
 
A few turns on the spool will make it safe but as said factor in the drop if yer fishing a pier, you need the leader knot on the spool while the gears still in the water or disaster, so you may end up with say 20 turns to achieve this, believe me mate this won't noticeably affect yer distance, those extra few turns will be gone in a flash and then you'll be running on yer main line.
 
Stewart 1971 said:
It's the bloke who posted above you that I would go with. I absolutely promise that he knows what he is talking about.

Mine is not that different to Bob. I always go 6 turns on the spool and twice the length of the rod (unless I'm fishing a pier in which case I'll go longer). Too short a leader can cause problems with crack-offs at the tip eye especially on cheaper rods where the tip will wobble about after casting. A longer leader allows the tip to "recover" a bit more before the leader knot passes through the tip ring.
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Good point mate
 
arc said:
For beach fishing 4 turns on the spool is far too few ,on a cold night with wet hands any spool slip could mean the end of the cast i.e the power stroke could be on just the main line as the leader could have slipped off the spool . I generally use 8 to 12 turns on the spool plus rod length and a half to top clip for rig . On the piers or where a decent lift is required i will use an over long leader so the leader is on the reel before the fish is lifted clear of the water .
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100% agree mate!!
 

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