Flourocarbon Leaders

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Are the 12" 65lb smittys or other flourocarbon muskie leaders worth trying? Will I get bitten off? Do you guys honestly think that it will make a difference using them as opposed to steel and titanium leaders? let me know what you think

thanks

John

[Random guy]

Check out this thread from this winter, RK among others had some great info about floro leaders.

Floro Leaders

[Brett Erickson]

65# is too light. Basically, you need to fit the fluorocarbon to the situation. For burning bucktails and throwing small cranks, 80# works best. For the bigger baits, 130# is the ticket. If you are going to be trolling heavy cover, 200# takes the most abuse. The other nice thing with the fluoro is that when a fish rolls in it, they don't get all cut up like they would with wire. Make sure you are using fluorocarbon (like SeaGuar) and not a flouorocarbon coated mono. Pure Fluoro will peel like string cheese when you nick it with a knife. It is much stiffer and more abrasion resistant than mono.

Hope this helps,

Brett Erickson

www.thornebros.com

[Random guy]

Good point Brett on the true Flourocarbon and not the coated stuff. I got into a batch of the cheap stuff and ended up paying for it dearly in lost lures.

I have been using the Seaguar brand with absolutely no problems at all. In fact I think you or Steve where the one that turned me onto the stuff at Thorne Brothers.

[markkstanley]

Now if it only came in red Jon would be extremely happy. Fluoro leaders work great. Haven't used wire in 5yrs and haven't lost any hardware either.

[Cooter]

Just my half cent worth - I'm gonna try some floros on northerns this May but will stick with wire for muskies - I don't fish any clear water and thus don't see the purpose. I also know that if 1 in 100 muskies break off on floro, it would happen to me