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Originally Posted by dodger
I spent the previous winter making lots of leaders, I went with 30/lb flouro leader ( not line ). Last summer I had some crimping clasps failures and failures on the flouro. The titanium leaders “ use to “ last forever and are no hindrance in my catching Walleye. I found a good one from a US manufacturer that has already proven itself. Now I have more of them coming.
The clasp failures from the leaders I bought and the ones I made are why I spent time looking for a quality product.
The theme of this thread is a large portion of manufacturers are making junk and will only produce cheaper cr#$ in the coming years.
Dodger.
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I know its not cool or sexy, but I've gone to making my leaders out of mono
leader materiel and have nothing but good things to report. For straight up pike fishing I use 80lb Berkley Big Game
leader material, it does get chewed up after about a dozen fish or so but I have never had one fail. Infact, because it doesn't kink I would almost say its often in better shape at that point than a steel leader. I also make leaders out of single strand steel because my work gives me the wire for free, having learned long ago to mistrust crimps I prefer my uni-knots and haywire twists to commercial leaders.
I've used as light as 40lb Mono material with good results, if I could find lighter material I'd be confident trying it. Just have a look at the business end after each fish and replace when necessary.