Met Shaw Grigsby at a sportsman show last March. He leader length on his setups are 20-30 (Braid to FC) He also has a you tube video showing it as does Mark Davies. Has anyone tried this?
Met Shaw Grigsby at a sportsman show last March. He leader length on his setups are 20-30 (Braid to FC) He also has a you tube video showing it as does Mark Davies. Has anyone tried this?
I run probably 18-20 feet on my drop shot. Allows for more reties, behaves a little better in the wind, fluoro comes off the spool easier in the event I want to drop on one, plus I have the knot on my spool when I get a fish up close to the boat which prevents any potential issues with the knot catching if the fish decides to make a run.
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I have no issues even with the knot in the spool casting or spinning however I don’t go over #30 braid and a 20# leader
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1.5 times my wingspan. Works well enough for me..
Typically 2-3 times my wingspan depending on water clarity and how often I expect to retie
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This is pretty much what I do. I use the Crazy Alberto and it’s a slim knot (not as slim as the FG), but I like keeping the knot out of the reel spool. Saw a Brent Ehrler video where he said the same thing so I tried it. It’s been working well for meOriginally Posted by DMart1
He likes a 12 foot leader. Problem is if you get hung up a lot you will be tying leaders all day.
Ditto on the knot as well. Funny I got the setup from the same video. He's the best finesse angler in the game.
Great setup, just wondering if a longer leader would be less hassle.
drop shot I run 20-24 feet - when fighting the fish alongside the boat i want the flouro in the spool.
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Personal preference. I use around cover like docks, etc at times so my leader takes a beating. By the time I retie a few times it's taken a beating enough to replace the whole thing.
i generally run 30-40 foot leaders- longer because the socal lakes I fish are gin clear and deep. even more than the visibility issue, i dont get consistent sink rate on my weightless plastics (braid sinks much slower than fluoro) with shorter leaders which is a problem when fishing 20-30 foot ranges.
Any issues with the knot being on the spool?
Just be sure on the first few casts that there isn't any line trapped under the tag end of the knot. Seems to limber up after a few casts and no be an issue.
I fish both short and long fc leaders. A couple of my spinning rods have small stripper guides and if the fc is on the spool, it springs off and whips the braid braid around the stripper guide. IF that didn't happen, I would happily go long on all of my set ups.
Will do, sounds like a very good system.
more often then not, my connection knot is well within the spool. I cant speak for spinning gear because I use casting gear for finesse applications- only time I had a problem was when I first tried a crazy Alberto knot which admittedly was pretty clumsy, and would catch on line during the cast. A well tied uni x2, Albright, or fg minding proper tag end clipping shouldn’t have problems.
I am going to try it next weekend.
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