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Wire Bite Leaders

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Luke Wyrsta:
Wire Bite Leaders - Please describe your rigs here.

I have been rather lucky in terms of poppers and the razor gang, but I am going to be fishing a suspect area next week where I will need to have a couple of wire rigs ready in case...your thoughts on wire rigs would be appreciated...

Colin P:
Hey Luke,

I've tended to go with this sort of thing -



I use around 100 test 7 strand (sometimes use nylon coated but not always), copper double sleeves (size 1.3mm), wire passed twice thru solid ring or swivel in making a Flemish eye. I'm not sure if the swivel (top rig) is really necessary 'cause I've had no trouble attaching a looped leader, via a catspaw, to the Flemish eye (bottom rig).

Warwick Joyce:
Colin, does the bottom rig when cats pawed cut into the mono??

Chris Young:
Luke...Donkey uses a short wire bite leader on his rigs.

Check in twisted leader instructions ..post #64

Colin P:

--- Quote from: Warwick on January 18, 2009, 08:20:57 AM ---Colin, does the bottom rig when cats pawed cut into the mono??

--- End quote ---

I've not had a problem - but I do use at least 100lb test Varivas (usually 200 test) and I've only hooked spaniards on this set up - when they have become a nuisance when I'm using stick baits and poppers to target GT.

Of course, the biggest spaniard I have ever landed (estimated at 38kg) took a Wahoo stickbait when I had no wire in the leader - sod's law or a big slice of luck I guess.

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