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mono or fluro???

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Duncan O'Connell:
I like using full length fluoro leaders (not just bite leaders) for fishing sub surface stickbaits, because it sinks quickly helping to keep the lure just under water. When working poppers though it's not so good if you like a 'do nothing' retrieve (2 or 3 big bloops then do nothing for 10-20 seconds). When you go for the next set of bloops the popper gets dragged down by the leader. It's not an issue if you work your poppers faster and can even help in really choppy conditions to keep the lure from bouncing around and tumbling all the time
Another reason I like using fluoro is because it has a refractive index very similar to water, making it less visible under water than mono. I know this definitely affects the catch rate compared to mono leaders when light tackle fishing, but I'm not sure if it translates to more hookups on twisted 100lb! Maybe it's just a confidence thing.

Duncan

Luke Wyrsta:
Standard mono shock leader for popping with chuggers/bloopers/pencils (no real need for FC because the leader is out of the water 95% of the time).

Uni-knotted FC 'bite' leader to standard mono shock leader (or twisty) for working stickbaits if fish are fussey but i don't have a problem also using standard mono shock leader (particularly supple Fisherman and Varivas).

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