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Author Topic: Leader Test & Sink Rate - Catch More Fish?  (Read 5826 times)

Fish Slayer

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Re: Leader Test & Sink Rate - Catch More Fish?
« Reply #15 on: October 29, 2010, 05:47:12 AM »
Is the knot breaking right at the eye of the hook? I've heard of bad batches of hooks that have a bur in the eye from the manufacturing process and it causes the line to get cut. The best type of fluorocarbon out there is seagar, after all they did invent the stuff.
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Re: Leader Test & Sink Rate - Catch More Fish?
« Reply #16 on: October 29, 2010, 10:43:09 AM »
Quote from: ericd on October 07, 2010, 12:21:51 PM
thanks Magician!

I've been fishing for a month on mono leader without any bites (I'm novice). Friend recommended I switch to fluorocarbon, and I've started getting bites!! Now I just need to stop the knot from breaking. It looks like my egg loop knot on the hook is failing.

What type of knot are you using for your wool?


It may depend on the hooks that you are using.

I bought some DNE hooks (because of the fake barb bump) but I found that the way I tied my bait loops caused the line to be cut by the end of the wire in the eye.

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