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Originally Posted by EZM
There is only one way to go IMO - heavy fluorocarbon leaders made from fluorocarbon leader material (not line material) - there is a difference in the two types and how they are made.
Of dozens of people who poo-poo the use of fluorocarbon leaders - the vast majority of them where IGNORANT to the fact there is fluorocarbon leader and then there is fluorocarbon line and they are not one and the same. They used the wrong stuff and had failures.
80lb leader will never result in a bite through - I've now been using this for over 10 years, fish far more than 95% of the guys out there and have caught thousands and thousands of pike on the same leader on my favorite rod (yes that leader is 10-12 years old).
Using fluorocarbon leader material heavy enough - you will not have bites off on pike and it offers these advantages ...
- Clear (and far more invisible compared to steel or titanium)
- Far more flexible and supple
- will not cut your hand if you grab it and the pike thrashes
- won't cut the pike up
- you can customize your own length
- it will not kink
- 80-lb fluoro is thinner than 80-lb steel braided leader
- use your own choice of swivels and snap swivels (quality is important here IMO but that's another thread altogether).
- won't rub and saw off your other rods or line from other rods in storage in the locker
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X2, and I usually use 60 lb with the same results.