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Location: VA | Has anyone tried this new tie-able leader material?
http://www.tygerleader.com/index.php
Looks pretty good, but I couldn't find anything on the board about it, the search function always times out and I get nothing.
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Location: Anchorage | The stuff is phenomenal! Saw it at the Milwaukee show a couple years ago and I've used it in 15 lbs for pike fly leader material. No kinks, tough as anything on the market, and it doesn't even need to be tied, just twisted and melted together. To make a "super knot" tie and then melt. Definitely worth the money. |
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Location: VA | Thanks Elwood! I think I'll try 30ft.
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Location: Wisconsin | I have used it. It is easy to use and it never failed. But it has a memory. If you bend it and hold it for a moment it will retain it. Just my thoughts. |
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| I use this for fly fishing, and than it great. Even knotable. (30 lbs) for casting lures i use singlestrand leaders or fluor carbon. Not because i don't trust the tyger wire, but more of being used to. |
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Location: Minneapolis | I love it. I use it almost exclusively on my muskie leaders for both casting and trolling. I like the 90# test. It does take a kink. The world's fair knot works well for holding and keeps the leader nice and straight.
It gives you the flexibility of fluoro (maybe even more flexible) without *any* chance of being cut by teeth.
With its plastic coating, it seems like it should be easier on fish that roll than any sort of uncoated wire, stranded or straight.
Lots of people say you can't use flexible leaders for glide baits or walk the dog surface baits. I do fine using Tyger. The very occasional fouling (no more than with solid wire, imho) is easily worth not having the leader kinked to oblivion by every hammer handle pike that whacks my lure. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | DR
Here's what I got the first time I searched:
TyGer leader material 5 203 rpike 8/2/2010 2:06 PM
lightest line for musky. 10 481 Windburn 4/7/2009 9:04 AM
quick set rigs 12 412 ostdc 3/20/2008 10:50 AM
tyger leader 2 204 KSauers 1/24/2008 5:06 PM
husky jerks 5 454 Partycrasher 11/20/2007 10:30 AM
Leader making stuff? 19 1416 VMS 11/12/2007 10:52 AM
Musky fly fishers? 7 243 suick_Nat_ walleye 7/16/2007 11:15 AM
twist weld leader wire 3 206 pamuskyhunter 5/8/2007 11:34 AM
Tyger Leaders 2 286 Johnny_B 10/30/2006 1:50 PM
Jigs 14 907 muskiekid 10/15/2005 10:52 AM
Be specific in your search as to dates, and search one board at a time. if you use the search function correctly, it works very well. |
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| I like to use Tyger for jig leaders. Works well and is easy to tie. I'll often fish jigs on a bass flippin stick with 50 lb Masterbraid and a 50 lb Tyger leader. |
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Location: Minnesota. | northern - 8/2/2010 1:40 PM
I use this for fly fishing, and than it great. Even knotable. (30 lbs) for casting lures i use singlestrand leaders or fluor carbon. Not because i don't trust the tyger wire, but more of being used to.
Me too! I find it indispensible when fishing for pike and muskie on the fly! I like that as much as chucking our big rods/baits.
Great leader mat'l. that I couldn't do w/o.
Jeremy....a fly boy at heart! |
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Location: WI | I have some but didn't really like it for flyfishing. Maybe I'll try a melt knot next time. |
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Location: Madison Wi. Chain | Just curious how do you melt it together and does it leave a tag end after you melt? BG |
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| JKahler - 8/2/2010 11:37 PM
I have some but didn't really like it for flyfishing. Maybe I'll try a melt knot next time.
You don,t neccesarily have to melt it. For the loop to loop connection to the nylon leader i use the perfection loop. [url]http://www.netknots.com/html/perfection_loop.html
for connecting the fly just use a jam knot.
[IMG]http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/bart1972/jam-knot.jpg[/IMG]
if you change flies, just cut of the jamming knot and use this as the first overhand knot.
Edit... #*^@ me and computers....... copy paste in the search engine and you wil find what i want you to see ^-
Edited by northern 8/3/2010 2:08 PM
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| Johnny_B - 8/2/2010 4:17 PM
I like to use Tyger for jig leaders. Works well and is easy to tie. I'll often fish jigs on a bass flippin stick with 50 lb Masterbraid and a 50 lb Tyger leader.
I fish the Tyger leader exactly the same as this. |
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