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Preferred leader material
James Laraway:
So I was just wondering what peoples preferred leader material is ?
In the past i used airflo sight-free flurocarbon which i found really good.
Then i was reccomended Osso Super Flurocarbon so i bought some. Expensive and unreliable....it all ended up in the bin
So then I went to Berkley Trilene mono - cheap, effective, great knot strength, no knot slippage and bombproof. About £6 for 300m. Can't say fairer that that :z16
Hamish Young:
Depends where I am and what I'm fishing for - but I have some Rio stuff, some Barrio stuff and quite a lot of Riverge. These three are my preferred types :z16
Eddie Sinclair:
I have two choices, like Hamish depending on where and what I am chasing. Seaguar or green maxima.
Eddie
Duncan Inglis:
Maxima for salmon all day long.
For trout Fluor either Fulling Mill, Berkley which is cheap, tough but thick and Frog Hair if I’m looking for fine leader material. I tried Airflo G3 and found it ok in heavier breaking strain but it appeared brittle in 5 or 6 lb. Seagar I found totally useless 18lb snapping like cotton thread.
Steven Kidd:
I chop and change depending on what style i'm fishing,
I like Riverge for Loch style as it is quite stiff and helps with droppers on a 3 fly cast, (less tangles).
For the river, I dont use fluorocarbon......its not that forgiving stuff for playing a fish in about potential snags, I like mono / copolymer here, currently using Rio Suppflex, which is butter soft and lets wee spiders fish naturally.
The only thing I notice is that you need a tucked blood knot with the Rio stuff as its quite slippy, (can be a pain when your hands are cold!)........the fluoro doesn't need a tuck.
Steven
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