Leader line length

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Leader line length

Post by Sebb » Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:50 am

How long is your leader? Especially fishing with lures.

For bream, I use 2-3m fluorocarbon.
For others like snapper, flatty, cod, yellas, mostly I use a rod length (6-7ft).

Do you think longer leader line can make much difference for e.g. cod yella flatty snapper redfin? Or 6-7ft is more than enough?
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Re: Leader line length

Post by Seniorfisho » Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:00 pm

Great question sebb, i like to make sure that my leader is always on the spool a couple of turns. While yaking i always have 2-3 mtr of leader otherwise the braid tends to wrap around the rod if the leader isn't long enough. A lot would depend of water clarity too, but as a safeguard, i always have a couple of mtrs of leader. I have used straight braid before and it doesn't get as many hits

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Re: Leader line length

Post by SteveoTheTiger » Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:37 pm

I also use roughly a rod length or so. Basically two arm lengths of leader when i am tying a new rig. Unless i am using a swivle, in which case its more like 1m of leader for a double paternoster.
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Re: Leader line length

Post by NoMoreFish » Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:45 pm

Is there a problem if your leader goes on the spool? and the knot between the main line and the leader runs accross the guides?

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Re: Leader line length

Post by Seniorfisho » Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:49 pm

NoMoreFish wrote:
Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:45 pm
Is there a problem if your leader goes on the spool? and the knot between the main line and the leader runs accross the guides?
No, never really had a problem, I use a double uni knot but there are slimmer knots around

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Re: Leader line length

Post by Troy McLure » Sun Mar 14, 2021 2:14 pm

About 2 meters for me but it slowly reduces in length as I change over lures if I’m not using fastach clips. I probably should change my leader more often now that I think of it.

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Re: Leader line length

Post by SteveoTheTiger » Sun Mar 14, 2021 2:42 pm

NoMoreFish wrote:
Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:45 pm
Is there a problem if your leader goes on the spool? and the knot between the main line and the leader runs accross the guides?
I also use a double uni and never have any problems for the fishing i do. But it would possibly be an issue when you are using larger breaking strain leader (40 or 60lb+).
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Re: Leader line length

Post by davek » Sun Mar 14, 2021 4:27 pm

Approximately 1and a half rod lengths suits me, cheers davo
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Re: Leader line length

Post by mazman » Sun Mar 14, 2021 6:07 pm

If you want to get into it there's a few considerations other than visibility to think about for leader length. The main two are stretch and buoyancy. If you're running fluoro with surface lures a long leader will sag on the pause and can mess up the action a bit and for shallow runners it can cause them to run deeper. A long leader will stretch more which can be to either help them eat the lure properly (especially for implosion feeders) or for shock absorbsion during the fight. I think if you're getting into it it's worth playing round with some different leader lengths and finding what suits you
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Re: Leader line length

Post by NoMoreFish » Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:04 pm

When you are referring to leader line, do you mean the length of line from where the braid is connected to some sort of connection/swivel where the righ starts ie hook and sinker.?

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