Re: Making Leaders
First off - if you ask 10 true fishermen this question, you will get 12 different answers.<br /><br />Also, there is no such thing as a sure thing.<br /><br />Having said that, now to business.<br /><br />My wife makes up trout/flounder/seabass rigs for some of the local tackle shops, and she uses 50 lb. leader material, and it comes in 4 ft lengths. She leaves it 4 ft. long for trout/flounder bottom hooks, but cuts it in half for the top hook, or for the sea bass rigs.<br /><br />Most shops prefer red or green beads, but I personally use glow beads.<br /><br />Most shops prefer a 2/0 kahle or bass style hook (both gold and silver), but I use a 5/0 circle hook for trout/flounder, and a 1/0 pacific bass hook for sea bass.<br /><br />Most shops prefer a silver or gold blade, but I use a white glow blade.<br /><br />HOWEVER, I have with me a ziplock bag full of parts (beads/hooks/ blades/etc.), and I make up something different if they are not hitting what I have on the rod. <br /><br />I sometimes go to flourocarbon leaders if they are picky. It does seem to make a difference.<br /><br />And from having the advantage to try it all, I learned a long time ago that the most important things in DE/NJ waters are the right kind/freshness of the bait, how clean you keep your hands, how quiet you motor your boat to your fishing area, and where you are fishing. <br /><br />Always, the type of lures are a last choice of importance. The other items are a necessity, lures are optional.<br /><br />I normally fish two rods, one with lures/bait and one with bare hooks/bait. <br /><br />And, normally, the "bare hook and bait" rod will catch as many as the other, sometimes more.<br /><br />Just some thoughts ........
