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On my conventional setup I use a shock leader. I use a 10' Lamiglas custom rod, with a Penn 525mag reel. I use this for heavy jigs and bait and its spooled with 20lb mono. I put a 40lb mono leader on it that is ling enough to make 3+ turns around the spool and then through all the guides. Thus I am casting heavy weights with the 40lb line taking the force.
I tie the 20lb to 40lb with a back to back uni and have no problems with the knot in the guides and almost never have breaking problems.
I then tie a swivel to the end of the shock leader to which the rig of choice is tied....
I do not like casting a 5 oz sinker without the shock leader as I have broken 20lb mono before on the cast. No a good thing to have 5 oz of lead flying off in the wrong direction...
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