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Posts: 47 | Ahh. The ages old debate ensues. Most folks have their preferences and their supporting arguments. My bottom line works like this: With most aggressive presentations I believe muskies could give a rats' pajamas about a leader. Why? A.) Things move fast enough that much of the time you can't get a clear bead on the whole package. If you want to stop stuff and examine it more closely you have to reach out and touch it. We can grab it with our hands, muskies have no such options. If they want to sample/examine they have to grab it with, well, you get the idea. And... B.) Most of the rest of the animal world is not blessed with higher cognitive thinking as we are. Most of their behavior is conditioned response. That explains why they viciously attack a Cowgirl for example (yeah that looks real stealthy and natural). I do not believe that a fish's tiny pea brain has the capability to discern if a leader is made of steel, fluoro, mono or clothesline. For those that ascribe to the "leader shy" theory answer me this: Why (oh why) if leader visibility is so critical, how come fish can't figure out that three 8/0 4x strong treble hooks hanging from a lure (even though is looks eminently real) are danger? Just a question. Now I DO believe that leader composition affects lure performance, for better or worse and that CAN make a difference. Is fluoro "magic" because it's "invisible" or does the increased diameter of the leader make things run shallower to elicit bites from uplooking fish? Do we fish to deep to often or not enough? I know that becomes situational but you get the idea. While we're on the topic does/do red line, leader, hooks etc. become "invisible" or does it excite fish into striking because it represents "blood in the water"? Ain't marketing a wonderful thing? Here's the second bottom line: If it works for you, great, don't look to fix it. More than one way to skin a cat (or catch a musky).  That's about 3 1/2 cents worth. | ||
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Posts: 3508 Location: Elk River, Minnesota | After this, I'm back to solid wire... I've got a picture, but cannot get it sized correctly yet.. image is too big... will get posted soon.. Attachments ----------------  Sheared Fluorocarbon.jpg (43KB - 424 downloads) | ||
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