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Preferred leader material

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Khaled Altaher:
Did any 1 tried using 250 lbs PE line as leader?

Luke Wyrsta:

--- Quote from: khaled altaher on July 19, 2009, 06:27:19 AM ---Did any 1 tried using 250 lbs PE line as leader?

--- End quote ---

Not really. As Brandon mentioned in another topic you posted - it really doesn't have the abrasion or shock properties required for GT fishing.

I have made my own hybrid 500lb Kevlar cord/nylon shock leader system but don't use it often as I think there are better leader systems out there.

Luke

Patrick Naslund:
Picking up this thread since I have a few questions regarding things mentioned  here.

1. what is your preferred bite leader brand ? ( GT popping )
2 Mono or nylon ?.

3 any thoughts on YKG Nylon shock leader ( as leader.. not bite leader)  ... ( I can get  50m 130lb and 170 lb spools cheep here in Sweden )

Patrick

Mark Harris:
Mono or nylon usually refers to the same thing Patrick, at least in my part of the world.

If you mean YGK Galis shock leader, it is a good product I think and widely used. I use the 200 lb sometimes. My preferred brand though is Sunline Big Game Shock Leader - quite hard to get outside Japan and expensive. It is though the most memory-free shock leader I have come across.

Brandon Khoo:
For the bite leader (when I do use one) I like to go for something very hard and abrasion resistant. It's only a short segment at the end of a shock leader

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