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Location: Brookfield | Can you tie 80 pound flurocarbon leaders yourself or do you have to crimp them? |
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| I made a few tied and crimped leaders last season and both survived fish 45 to about 47 inches. I used a loop-knot on both ends on the ones I tied, using a lot of lube and vice grips to pull the tag end in tight. Clinch-type knots were tougher for me, the loop worked better. I used one hand to pull the mainline, one on the vice grips to cinch the tag end and had the loop around a dowel in a shop vice. This year I'll crimp them all, way easier. When finished, the loops are neat, and just large enough to get around the tip of my pinky. |
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Location: big cove tannery pa | I use 80lb mono for leaders, i have bought doublesleeves and tied them.
I generally like the tied ones better than the ones with the sleeves since it is tied right too the swivels/lure. I use the clinch knots with a little fishing glue added too them. Seems too be strong,i havent hooked a muskie on them but i did take a 20lb weight, attached it too theleader and hung it,they held up fine. |
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| I'm sure that there are some previous posts on this topic but here's my input. I've done quite a few 80lb. fluoro leaders. I started out using an improved clinch knot. It worked and held fine. Later I started doing a uni-knot which was a bit easier to tie (for me) and again it worked fine as long as you pull the know down tight. Now, I've been using a nail knot with the aid of the DuBro nail knotter tool and like this knot the best. It is very secure and a very neat finished knot. 100 lb. fluoro and up was a bit trickier with the other knots but did just fine with the nail knot. |
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Location: Rhinelander. | just curious as why you guys use 80 lb as I use only 40 or 50 and have no problems with it yet. I think it be a fluke for a muskie to bite off even the 40.
Pfeiff |
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| Don, I know you fish creatures too. Last year I had two fish pick-up a creature with the tell tale thump. I reeled up and hit them and nearly flew out of the boat because there was nothing there. In both cases I got back about half of my 50# fluoro leader. It was like the musky had a side cutter it was cut so clean! My knee jerk reaction was to go to 80# or more, but at that point I think the .014 single-strand wire I have been using for the last 30 years is less visible than that big fat fluorocarbon material.
I also lost a couple fish on quick-strikes made with Fluorocarbon. I honestly think I'm sticking with wire. |
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Location: Montreal, Que. Canada | Marc,
You might want to try AFW's surflon Micro supreme 7x7 it is more supple than sevenstrand , thinner and you can tie it.
David |
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| Thanks David. I'll check into that stuff. I haven't tried that one yet. |
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| A 38 inch pike trashed a 40# fluro leader in my boat two weeks ago (not my leader). For small fish you might get away with stuff that light for a while, absolutely no way I'd go anything ligther than 80/90 for casting expensive, sinking baits and/or fish that are mostly from 48 to 50+ inches. |
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