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Brandon Khoo:
The twisted leaders used ranged from 100lb to 150lb mono. We saw many of these broken after being dragged over rocky bottoms and bommies. Personally, I'm not sure it makes that the breaking strain makes that much difference. A thicker diameter and more abrasion resistant line would be the way to go. A very tough mono leader like Penn 10X is ideal.

In terms of length, I think 3, maybe 4 metres. Any longer than that would really start to compromise your casting.

In terms of type, we saw a number of variation. The Nomad boys generally used the simplest ones which were a twisted leader tied direct to the swivel. Some of their twisteds barely had any twists in them as they did them by hand in the evenings!

Some of us had twisteds where the leader had been woven back to form a segment with four strands, others had a single strand of heavy mono attached to the end of the twisted leader. The joint between the single strand and the twisted was joined either by a crimp or in my case, by a nail knot.

In summary, they all worked but they also all copped a smacking!

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