saltwater leaders

[hunter1]

Question I have, For a floating line is it better to use a tapered leader, either bought or made up. What length would be good, or would a straight piece of mono be better. Now for a medium sinking line or full sink, would a straight piece of mono 3' or 4' be better than a tapered leader. This is for saltwater 9 wt. Thank you.

 

[Baron]

Use Floro for and tippet you want to sink.

 

[hunter1]

Thanks Baron.

 

[BrookieChaser]

Each species/conditions/situation can be different. This is my general setup.

For floating line on the flats : I use flouro. Go 5' of 40, 3' of 25, then 2' of 15. Start there and adjust.

For sinking line out front : I use straight flouro. 4' or so. 20lb is usually fine.

For cheap people like myself, go to a tackle shop and buy the 25 yard "rings" of flouro. Don't pay "tippet prices".

 

[teedee]

I use about the same system as Brookie. It works wherever I have fished North or South.

 

[hunter1]

Thanks guys. I'll get some flouro this week.

 

[sandfly]

I've always just used Ande line for all my salt water leaders.

 

[JerryC]

Not that much different than Brookie or teedee. I have a hand twisted fluorocarbon leader and I use 20 or 25 pound fluorocarbon tippet. For my intermediate line I flip back and forth between the hand twisted leader and straight piece of 20 or 25 pound fluorocarbon. Sinking line a 4 to 6 foot piece of 20 or 25 pound fluorocarbon.

 

[Dave_W]

BrookieChaser wrote:

For cheap people like myself, go to a tackle shop and buy the 25 yard "rings" of flouro. Don't pay "tippet prices".

This is good advice. ^

In fact, I use cheapo spinning reel mono for most of my leader construction.

 

[moon1284]

I've been using 200 or 300yd maxima spools for as long as I've been tying leaders. I think I used ultragreen for saltwater and I got bonefish and a pretty big barracuda. I was told to use flouro and I ended up forgetting it.