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Crafty Angler · 02-24-2004, 03:47 PM

Mike -

I've always used a 5/0 or 6/0 Mustad bronze live bait hook but with a straight point, not the kirbed one - I forget the model number (early onset Old-timer's Disease, I guess).

I use a 30" 50 lb flouro leader with a clinch knot with a 130 lb Spro swivel to the running line - I never snell.

02-24-2004, 03:47 PM	#15
Crafty Angler Geezer Gone Wild iTrader: (2) Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,397 Blog Entries: 2	Mike - I've always used a 5/0 or 6/0 Mustad bronze live bait hook but with a straight point, not the kirbed one - I forget the model number (early onset Old-timer's Disease, I guess). I use a 30" 50 lb flouro leader with a clinch knot with a 130 lb Spro swivel to the running line - I never snell.
	"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.