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8 lb is for april when the fish are 12 inches and the lure is 1/2 OZ and there are no blues yet. Even at that i might use a 12 pound leader.
In the canal which is a little like jetty fishing , i use 50 LB running line and i use a 50 or 60 Lb leader depending on the material type. If blues are around , i switch to 18 to 36 inches of steelon leaders. A blue can easily bite through my 60 pound mono leader .
For the beach I use 35 lb running line and a 30 Lb to 50 LB leader , sometimes even 60 if its IGFA line I'm, using for the leader. .
BTW , my running line is spectron braid in both cases. there are other braids available now too which look promising. Mike p had some at the TFCTFN.
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