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Leader length

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Sachin Chaudhry:
I used to fish short leaders but was getting done by too many fish. I use a PR knot or a GT knot now with some 4 meters of leader and to be honest do not find the leader length or knot a problem. I also am more confident because of the "insurance" factor the longer leader gives. Some places big GTs come in shallow water and yo can get them on short leaders. Some parts here in Fiji are like this but we also have areas where I would not dream of fishing less than 4 meters and my best GT has only gone 35kg. I think (and it has been said many times on this forum before) you really need to work what works in the areas you fish in. The only constant I use in this game is a 10000 Stella. Everything else has a substitute.

Zeck Lim:
a little OT, but Sachin - 08 or the older model Stella 10000?

Brandon Khoo:
Hi Zeck, I don't know but obvously not because f they did, they would have chnaged their approach. I'm not sure what sort of drag setting they maintain.


--- Quote from: zeck lim on October 02, 2008, 02:03:51 PM ---This is a good topic. I was about to ask the same question!

Brandon, with the guys at LPB, did they experience line breakages because of  sudden takes which the short mono could not absorb? What kind of drag pressures were they pushing?

Thanks, zeck

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Ben Rutkin:
Has anyone tried the Bruce Horner Japanese GT Knot on a big GT?
I have given it a fair load but have yet to test it with a serious fish. Its a really slim knot and it slips through the guides like Brett Stewart through the Storm backline.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_qom1E-ihA

Andrew Poulos:
What do you guys use for the PR knot - the owner bobbin or one of the other simple looking ones?

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