Short Flourocarbon Leaders

[Hawg]

I've been looking for short, 6-8 inch flouro leaders in about 30# test. I want a decent swivel and snap but everything goes from 12 inches to 36 inches that I can find in flouro. Anybody ever try the fireline ones? I'm looking to use them for slow trolling medium cranks for northerns mostly.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Short of making them yourself, i dont think you are going to find much. Do you think 30lb is enough to stop bite offs?

[OnAFly]

Have you thought about tying your own? BTW, I would go 40# for leaders. I've had pike go through 25# like butter.

[FshBloodRiverMud]

Make you own.

Google and watch youtube videos on how to tie flourocarbon leaders up to 100#

[Hawg]

I might go 40-50 but I would like shorties.

[20lbSloughShark]

I say 40# minimum for northerns, and tie your own. Spro power swivels, duo lock snaps, and cabelas brand (actually seaguar) flurocarbon is what I make mine from. The reason they don't make them that short, is its actually hard to tie them like that. You can do it, but its much easier for 12"+.

[Savage Brewer]

I use 12" to 18" leaders, sometimes flouro but the ones I like right now are the 12" multistrand 90# leaders I get up at Thorne Bros.

I normally do not find Northerns to be leader shy and the multistrand wire leaders seem to rip through vegetation a little better.

[20lbSloughShark]

I agree. In the stained lakes I fish, fish are not leader shy.

[jjz]

FYI, if you tie your own make sure to get fluorocarbon meant for leaders.(usually 30 yards spools pretty spendy, but well worth it) I use 20 lbs fluro leader when jigging for eyes and if I retie when nicked I cut my jig loss to pike by at least 90% compared to 14lbs fireline or 10 lbs mono. The fluro that is meant for main line is tougher than braid, fireline or mono, but the leader grade fluro is way better and gets way more bites than steel.

good luck

[FshBloodRiverMud]

I bought 60# Seagar friday.

Tied up about 30 sturgeon/flathead rigs and a dozen musky/pike leaders in about an hour during the rains sunday.

Easy Peasy.

[Hawg]

Do most of you use the surgeons knot? The knots just seem to be so big and crude with that knot.

[FshBloodRiverMud]

I use surgeon's loop knot for mine.