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If you believe that fluorocarbon leaders are more invisible than mono, then you can go with heavier fluoro.
If the fish were mixed with blues and bass, I used 40lb. fluoro and generally had no problems with blues from 3 to 11lbs. I did have to re-tie if a fish got alot of teeth on it. Generally, the bass didn't seem to mind it.
Before the blues arrived, I used 20lb fluoro most of the time.
If the fish were primarily blues, I used titanium leader material. This stuff is fairly flexible and you can tie knots with it to limit your hardware (i.e. no swivel, no snap).
The extent to which a fish is leader-shy varies. During blitz conditions this fall, when the fish were mixed, I caught bass on the titanium. If they are aggressive and competitive, they'll hit it. On the other end of the spectrum, I had to drop down to 12lb. fluoro on the clear water flats in Nantucket. I'm also convinced it helped to drop down at times this summer when the fish were spooky due to high fishing pressure.
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