1st day fishing

[steve devon]

need it really for safety reasons and to land big fish

well you wont need it for that :lol:

[greg]

so do i have to tie the shock leader to my main line and then clip a rig onto the shock leader?




cheers again
Greg

[DownSouth]

Yep, yep, yep.

Imagine that 5oz of lead flying down the beach at close on 100mph and hitting the little old lady walking her dog, or even worse a fellow angler...... they would be dead. 10lb per oz of lead cast Greg, plus 10lb.

Buy the tapered stuff too. Daiwa make a great leader.

[Ben]

might have to get some
how much is it usualy and do you only get enough for 1 rod??

[Norfolkboy]

much more than 1 rod!!!!!

[Ben]

how does the tapper thing work then?? or is it precut

[steve devon]

£2-3 for about 50 yards

or what iv got

600 meteres for £8

[PlanktonBoy]

Go for the diawa tappered shockleaders they come on a spool and yes they are precut to size. When you have tied it to your spool line attatch a swivel to the other end and then just clip your rigs onto this swivel.
If your fishing the rivers and eusturies Ben and only using like 2oz leads i dont think i would personally bother with a leader i would just use about 25lb line straight through. And use a carp rod or bass rod. :?

[Ben]

i usualy use a 3oz weght with the clips on it to make it easyer to see if i ever get a bite

[PlanktonBoy]

You wont need a lot more than a 40lb shockleader then mate.
If it is rivers and eusturies you are fishing try scaling everything down,
Try a 1oz lead and work upwards you idealy want your bait here to move ever so slightly Bass and Flounder love the bait to move around a bit.
Try smaller hooks say like a size two on a two hook flapper with hook lengths about a foot long. :)