Lindy Rig Line Leaders

[MINNKOTA]

Looking for advise on what to use to pre tie some lindy rigs

Should I use Florocarbon line or just some Trilene xl line.

Any advise will be helpful.

Thanks

MINNKOTA

[abens1078]

1. Cajun Red

2. Flurocarbon

3. XL

All are good choices and the ranking wasn't intended to slam any certain line but I love Cajun Red for leaders. Tough and still easy to handle.

[gunflint]

I'm going to 12# flourocarbon this year.

[Polar Bear]

one word... VANISH !

[kslipsinker]

I love the age old debate of what is best for leaders. I have used everything from Vanish to Spider Wire. It depends on conditions.

The Spider Wire rig was for a nasty small pike bite during a fly in trip fishing walleye. It worked! I pre-tie a good selection.

[LocalGuide]

I also pretie a good selection. This year I used up the rest of my left over fireline and Trilene XT.

I will always use fireline and some kind of mono/flouro.

[walleyewacker]

Great point about the fireline, use in pike infested lakes. Quite honestly, I have not seen a difference side by side fishing slow in clear lakes between the fireline and anything else. But I do tie 10-12lb on most spinners and I go 8 on long snells for finnessin. When it comes to visibility to fish I think the leader length has more to do with spooking fish. I mostly fish shallow prarie lakes that are dirty so I opt for fireline most of the time because of pike and less need for retie after a few fish if you hook some a little deep.

[92python]

I use mono. Flourocarbon sinks and your hook/bait ends up on the bottom.

If I want my bait right on the bottom I use a jig.

[slick814]

I tie a variety on.... depends on the water clarity, etc. More often than not, it's Vanish 10# test... but I'll go with Iron Silk or Trilene Xl in some stained or dirty water situations, where you're not as worried about fish seeing the line.

Never tried the Cajun Red...heard good things, but haven't tried it.

[PikeTipper]

I have to agree with 92python on this one. I used Vanish for awhile and I was always getting hung up on the bottom. Mono seems to keep your bait up a bit.

[Dave B]

I dont use a leader on my lindy's anymore. What I do now is just put the line through the slip sinker, tie on a hook, then use a very small split shot to make the "leader" the desired length.

Also-went to 6lb (2lb diameter) fireline last year-love it for lindys.

[upnorth]

The only problem with that is the inherent line twist with no swivel. I have tried that and using a leech or a crawler the line twist was a mess.

[walleye_guy18]

4lb test P-line......this stuff is just as strong as fireline plus it isn't as visible.

[guideman]

I have been using green 8lb mono for all my lindy

rigs for years. I see no advantage to florocabon unless you're fishing gin clear lakes. Spooking a fish with your hardware is more likley to happen than spooking them with your line. Face it, if a hook a weight a swivel and couple of beads don't scare them away, I doubt your line will.

"Ace"

[Chris Haley]

I'm with guideman here also!!! I don't pre-tie anything either. I just use the line off the reel, after a few re-ties I just clip pull a few more feet out and start new. With tournaments and guiding, we're changing line all the time anyway!! I hate the memory of pre-tied snells!!

[walleye_guy18]

I'm with you guys here, with the way conditions are always changing it just doesn't pay to pre tie your rigs. somedays you may have to start with a 7ft leader and finish the day with a 4footer. if you are pretieing, you are going to end up retieing the rigs you already have anyways.

walleye guy

[upnorth]

I typically use 8# trilene XT for spinners and if I am just plain rigging I drop down to 4# trilene xl and stretch the leader out to 5 to 9 feet.

[upnorth]

Try using a bobber stopper and a bead to adjust the lenght of your leader, works great.

[Chris Haley]

The bobber stop is great in sandy conditions. As you fish more weed growth however the weights will catch and slip the whole thing down, shortening your leader. I do like this for sand or mud though, as it also takes two knots out of the system.