Kalgrm wrote:
I'm afraid Masons Hard Nylon is the exact opposite of the best type of material to use for making leaders. You should get supple monofilament for creating leaders (whether it's nylon or FC doesn't matter). Stiffness is the enemy of a good leader. Jinkai is perfect.
Graeme,
I didn't directly respond to this the first time but the thread bumped up again and you got me interested. You and I usually agree on things, but I am a big fan of Hard Mono (Maxima Chamelion or Clear) or Trilene for the butt sections of all my leaders and all of the sections for Bass leaders. The hard mono turns big, bulky bugs over better.
On trout leaders I use a Harvey leader with hard mono on the two largest sections, moving over to ultra-green (more flexible) for the next to sections and then a good long tippet (stepping down in the tippet if I have to go below 4x). I think it was Bulldog that mentioned moving from Chamelion to Ultra-green and I find it works well.
The only reason I can think that stiff material is bad for leaders is for drag-free drift. The Chamelion doesn't have the relative strength for it's diameter, but for the thicker sections it is more than adequate.
What are the problems you see with hard nylon?
Posted: 30 Jul 2017, 02:28 • 