Shock leaders

[Jack Sparrow]

Cheers for that Glenn , hopefully someone will show me one day, as im thick as hell when it comes to learning Knots, should have seen my first purse nets i use for rabbeting

 

Mike even if you buy purpose made shock leader, you would still have to learn knots as you still need to tie them to your main line, my question was asked because since i stopped sea fishing a few years ago, the internet wasnt even available to the general public, and look how far that has come in a few years, so i was just wondering if line technology had gone the same way.

 

Regards

jack

Edited May 14, 2007 by Jack Sparrow

[chappers]

in answer to your question I haved used greased weasel for years and its never let me down I generally use an albright but will use a uni if I have to tie on a new leader on the beach as its alot easier with cold hands.

[Bobj]

Cheers for that Glenn , hopefully someone will show me one day, as im thick as hell when it comes to learning Knots, should have seen my first purse nets i use for rabbeting

 

Mike even if you buy purpose made shock leader, you would still have to learn knots as you still need to tie them to your main line, my question was asked because since i stopped sea fishing a few years ago, the internet wasnt even available to the general public, and look how far that has come in a few years, so i was just wondering if line technology had gone the same way.

 

Regards

jack

Here you go mate, another step-by-step version of the Bimini:

http://www.fishplatypus.com.au/biminitwist.htm

[Jack Sparrow]

Cheers for that Bobj, i will practice this tomorrow when i have more time

 

regards

Jack

[maidstonemike]

Cheers for that Glenn , hopefully someone will show me one day, as im thick as hell when it comes to learning Knots, should have seen my first purse nets i use for rabbeting

 

Mike even if you buy purpose made shock leader, you would still have to learn knots as you still need to tie them to your main line, my question was asked because since i stopped sea fishing a few years ago, the internet wasnt even available to the general public, and look how far that has come in a few years, so i was just wondering if line technology had gone the same way.

 

Regards

jack

No no Jack I wasn't saying you were bone idle Don't forget those other things where people used to find out stuff, now... what were they called..... books

[Jack Sparrow]

No no Jack I wasn't saying you were bone idle Don't forget those other things where people used to find out stuff, now... what were they called..... books

 

 

@Mike, do they still make those things mate, thought books where discontinued along with cassettes

 

Regards

Jack

[Toerag]

I use 50lb Daiwa tournament from a 4oz spool, it's less wiry than greased weasel.

 

How do people rate tapered leaders?

[Norm B]

I use 50lb Daiwa tournament from a 4oz spool, it's less wiry than greased weasel.

 

How do people rate tapered leaders?

Great but relatively expensive.

[Ken Davison South Wales]

On my multipliers I always use a tapered leader, main line 12lbs to a 60lb is a bit hit and miss for me, 12lb to a tapered leader with a 60lb head works really well, nice neat knot which does not gather weed as much and I think and it only a personal opinion that you get a smoother cast.

 

I always believed apart from being 10lbs per oz of lead the other import thing was the extra stretchabilty of the leader being able to absorb the force of the cast.

 

This setup is great for a reasonably clean mark where your not lifting fish up cliff faces or fishing over rocky ground etc.

[glennk]

Never actually used a tapered leader, infact Ive only started using leaders at all over the past couple of years. I was very sceptical about them fearing the knot area could be a potential week link resulting in endless lost leaders and fish. The opposite seems to be the case I often go weeks or months without losing 1 leader, even in quite rough ground and they prolong the life of your mainline.

Edited May 17, 2007 by glennk