Fluoro Carbon Leader

[eelman]

Originally Posted by Mike P

I have about 4 seasons' worth of leader material in my Canal jig bag, which cost me about half the price of 25 yards of flourocarbon--which would probably last me a month in the Canal, and then only if I used it for plugging. It's called a 1/4 pound spool of 40 pound clear Ande mono. I easily use 10 yards of leader a night in that junkyard, between what I lose and what I wind up cutting back. Even flourocarbon nicks, and one nick is all it takes for me to decide to cut back.

Greater abrasion resistance? Maybe, but it's margainal. It's not abrasion-proof. Nothing's abrasion proof for some of the places on the Canal--except maybe wire.

And all of the abrasion resistance in the world doesn't help when you leave a yard of leader at a clip, attached to a jig hung on the bottom, after you break off at the swivel knot.

Losing a few hundred bucks worth of lead a year stinks, but adding another deuce to it in lost leader material is just plain silly in my book. Not when I've never been sold on the benefits of it

well said mike....yet more good advice from someone else who has been to the rodeo more than once!