The Monk wrote:Tapered Shockleader i have been using is Daiwa tournament clear and recently not making the standard as it breaks about a foot above the knot when put under pressure, never used to happen before. Any other quality lines out there boys, much appreciated.
The Monk wrote:Tapered Shockleader i have been using is Daiwa tournament clear and recently not making the standard as it breaks about a foot above the knot when put under pressure, never used to happen before. Any other quality lines out there boys, much appreciated.
JonandDave wrote:I know from a thread on another forum that tapered shockleaders are banned on any casting tounament and you must also have 8 turns on the reel with to drop set to max, for me if it aint safe on the field its not safe on the beach, a trick Dave Docwra taught me, t he picked up in the far east from people who make up rigs all day every day, was to use a drop of cooking oil to lubricate the knots, (they used pal oil but any ve oil will do) and really tighten them down with pliers on the tag end and then, as the knot is so tight and small you can blob the tails right up to the knot, the blob helps stop and slip and keeps you free of weed... stronger, safer, and shed loads cheaper than buying leaders and with practice, no worse than the knot you have to tie anyway with a tapered one. Expensive to crack off and loose a tapered leader plus line, plus all your terminal tackle...why risk it?
Cheers
Jon
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