Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques

Leader Setup For Stickbaits

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Kurt de Villiers:
What loop knot are you tying in 200lb mono?

Andy Rowe:
Hi Travis, sorry if I am missing something in the description.. so your burnt leader tag is doubled and pointing to rod tip rather than back to spool right?


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--- Quote from: Kurt de Villiers on January 30, 2012, 02:38:35 PM ---
--- Quote from: Travis Heaps on January 29, 2012, 10:10:57 PM ---Just to throw another one in the mix I run braid, Bimini, catspaw to 200lb mono single, swivel, 10 or 11 owner split.

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Travis,

You mention Bimini-catspaw-200lb mono.....
For this to work, are you fishing with wind on leaders (Dacron spliced loop) like that in game fishing?

Regards,
Kurt

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No Kurt, much like you catspaw to a twisted leader...I loop the mono, catspaw too it then trim the short end of the mono to a very short tag and melt the end to a smooth knob with a lighter.  Works well, caught plenty of GTs, no trouble when casting, let's me run single and I don't need to learn friction knots ;)

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Peter Olesen:
Ha ha - if the line was not slack, I wouldn't be able to get it under water at all.

Cheers


--- Quote from: Brandon Khoo on January 30, 2012, 12:54:04 PM ---If your lure is turning upside down, then what is happening is that you are not getting the Gamma swimming at all. What you are doing is getting the line too taut before pulling on it. Srface stickbaits need slack in the line when you oull on it.

What I would suggest you work on is in intentionally having a degree of slack line when you are pulling on the lure.

It isn't anything to do with the hooks.

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Travis Heaps:
Hi Andy and Kurt - here's a little write up i did of the knot I'm talking about.  Yeah Andy the tag is pointing back to the rod tip, I've never had it get hung up though.

http://www.gtpopping.com/forum/index.php?topic=3565.msg30395#msg30395

Kurt de Villiers:
just curious to what loop knot you manage to tie in 200lb that doesn't attempt to rip off your guides/eyes every cast...
i've tied several variations, and all seem rather 'intimidating as it passes through the last 3-4 eyes.

cheers on the thread link though,
regards
kurt

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