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what shockleader should i use on a fixed spool?
tapered or not?
tapered or not?
Interesting experience I had last night at Orford, of which more later.I tried tapered shock leaders last year.
Great for the knot - small size and does not pick as much weed - but I lost every leader when pulling free from the clay. (tied to same 035mm line)
I loose far fewer 60lb leaderstied directly to .35mm line but suffer more weed probs.
You pays your money and takes your chances.
Interesting experience I had last night at Orford, of which more later.
I have been using tapered leaders for the last 4 months.
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2. If you are fishing a weedy area, the knot is 35 yards from the rod tip, if you have a fish on, and the knot gets stuck in the tip ring due to weed, you have a fish in the surf to try and handline in, when it is a reasonable fish, 5lb codling in my case, that is hard work. If you use 60lb straight to the mainline you will only have about 10 yards and the fish should be on the beach by then.
35 Yards ! ! 39 feet (13 yards) more like ! That's the longest made.
and less than that, of course if you've already trimmed a yard or two from the thin end and a foot or two from next to the lead .
.....Not! :uhuh: You will just be wasting your money using them on a Fixed Spool.what shockleader should i use on a fixed spool?
tapered or not?
I will check but from memory the spool said each leader was 35 yards long