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rymcneil

By rymcneil
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Esox_Magnum Grand Master

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Advantage is Flouro lasts longer, no kinks, bending ect, they dont dissapear by any means 130# flouro or bigger is still easily seen. I have been running the same 2 Stealths for 2 going on 3 seasons now, sometimes go through 1-2 wire ones a week or even a day. I can't think of a reason to not run them in fact. I run 12" 130 or maybe 150# Stealths.

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AWH Mentor

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I'm with Esox on this one. Durability is without a doubt a more important factor to me in choosing fluoro over wire. Although they cost more per leader, that's irrelevant with how many wire leaders you would go through for every fluoro leader.

Just be aware that there's a lot of fluoro leaders on the market. Some good. Some that I wouldn't trust at all. The Stealth leaders are top quality all the way around.

Some people like wire leaders for jerk baits/walk the dog baits. But I haven't found a bait that fluoro doesn't work with. 130# or higher is what I would suggest for most applications when it comes to muskies.

As far as length, 12" to 14" is pretty standard for casting. If you're looking for trolling leaders you'll want to go longer. 36" is typical for trolliing leaders. The longer fluoro leaders help to protect the fish when they roll up in your line which they are known for doing when trolling.

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RUNnGUN Apprentice

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The only time I use wire is when I'm throwing a glider or walk-the-dog topwater. I use a straight 174# wire with no ball bearing swivel. Any other bait (mainly blades, rubber, or prop-style topwater), I run a 15" 150# flouro leader. I agree with Esox_Magnum, there's no reason not to run flouro, they TYPICALLY last a lot longer and don't kink. Just be sure to check your leader after every fish, because they can get knicked up, and when they do, put a new one on.

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guideman Proficient

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Well, call me old fashioned but I still use wire for all my leaders and have had none of the problems mentioned here. I make my own and they are coated so I don't have that many problems with kinks. Muskies aren't leader shy and I just don't see any reason (Most of the time)for a floro leader. It's still just mono afterall and I don't like using anything they can bite right off. If you build them correctly a wire leader doesn't fail under pressure. I have been making my own for about 15 years now and I have never lost a fish or a bait to leader failure. Snaps and swivels will only last so long, whether they are connected to wire or floro, they won't last forever. It only cost me about a $1.50 to make a leader, even a cheap floro can't match that for ecconomy. Besides, I'm old and It's tough to start over when you have something that works. lol JMHO

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Esox_Magnum Grand Master

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Ace, I have had fish totaly destroy a wire leader, also destroyed plenty just casting fom fouled baits, no problems yet with the flouro besides not using it for the low vis factor but due to the fact they last. They also work great on your waters when I'm up there. Flouro I have found brings new life to some baits.

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I think you'd be surprised how tooth resistant heavy test flouro is. I caught about a 32" pike last year by the leader (it missed the bait, and clamped down with the leader through it's mouth. There wasn't a hook in the fish). There was a slight nick in the leader, but nothing even close to failure (>95% of cross sectional area was still in tact, therefore it was retaining 95% of it's break strength).

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Leaders getting fouled by a bait is typically operator error most of the time, it really doesn't have much to do with which type leader you use. We could banter this back and forth until dooms day and I doubt either one will change their opinion. I'll keep using wire until something else comes along that I have more confidence in and right now, that just ain't happening with floro. Like I said call me old fashioned, but I like wire.

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