Leader setup?

[Lenny Lim]

Hi, everyone,

Can someone show a picture of main leader to bite leader to swivel > o ring & popper  ?

Where should we put the sleeves ?

A closeup would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks.

[Ben Furness]

Hi, everyone,

Can someone show a picture of main leader to bite leader to swivel > o ring & popper  ?

Where should we put the sleeves ?

A closeup would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks.

I would love to see these connections as the GT rigs are much different to what I am used to!

[Mark Harris]

What are you intending to use as a bite leader? Single strand  fluorocarbon? Twisted mono?  Twisted fluoro?  I am sure if you are more specific, someone will help.

Personally I do not use bite leaders at all for GT fishing and my normal rig goes: braided line ->friction knot to single strand mono shock leader ->uni knot to swivel ->split ring -> lure.

There is no right or wrong way to set up your leader and terminals.  I know some very good GT fisherman who use no hardware at all for example - just tie the leader to the lure.

[Lenny Lim]

Thanks, Mark ! In most cases, we would follow your set-up. It's simple. I reckon it should be a 170lb fluro leader (for Indonesian waters) ?

I was thinking of,

1) Main line > Fluro Leader > Twisted Leader > Swivel > O ring > Lure

The twisted leader seems confusing.

[Mark Harris]

Lenny, so this for your upcoming Sumba trip?

The last few times I have been in that part of the world (Sumba, Komodo, Lombok, Alor), I had no issue at all with the simple set up I explained earlier. My setup was PE8 and PE10 braid, 200 lb mono shock leader, NT size 2/0 or 3/0 swivels and 170lb to 250lb split rings.

I would not especially recommend a fluoro only leader for popping as it does not stretch much and therefore the shock absorbing qualities are not as good as more supple mono. Also I have always been nervous about friction knots onto fluoro as it is such a hard material.  Others may feel differently about that.

On twisted leaders, I suggest you do a forum search as there are loads of threads about these - how to make them, how to attach etc.

[Greg Burt]

I think Lenny means a Twisted Bite leader at the end of the FC leader.

Lenny here is a pic of of a Twisted Bite leader and a knot to the swivel using a twisted leader, the same can be performed with a mono leader.

[Greg Burt]

Lenny, a few pics of what you're after, I think 

1/ Twisted leader to Mono/FC bite leader
2/ Mono knotted leader to swivel
3/ Mono with a twisted bite leader

[Lenny Lim]

Dear Grey & Mark,

Thanks again for your patience and great advice. 

This trip is driving me nuts with all the preparation. Now, I gotta figure the hook types for the different types of poppers and stickbaits that I bought for the trip. 

[Mark Harris]

Looks like you raided 7seas .

[Lenny Lim]

Hehehe 

Mark, I also raided the whole lot of Williamson poppers...

Don't know how good they are 

Have some hammerhead and yozuri aside just in case they don't work well.