Advise on leadrer material.

[JohnC1]

Hi,
At the moment i am using Airflo G3 Fluorocarbon at eight and seven pounds,
last night i was at a private lake, caught three to four pounds all returned,
but i was snapped four times on the take the line was braking in the main length of the leader not at the knots, i used two different spools with the same results has anyone had the same experience with the G3 line.
Today i have ordered some Stroft at eight pounds,
I would appreciate any advice on good leader material,
Thanks,
John.

[Albannach cuileag]

JohnC1,

it looks as though you might have abrasion damage to your leader material, this could cause breaks in the length rather than the knots - have a good look at the remaining material on the spools and your rod rings.

PS - post in the tackle or general section next time

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[JohnC1]

Totally agree mate, i was snapped on the second cast after replacing the leader the leader was never through the rings, my mate also got snapped twice on the G3 that i got for him on the buy one get one free, i just wounder is this old stock on the promotion, i may send them an e-mail in the morning.

John.

[frankie-g]

HI i use airflo sight free in 6 8 & 10 LB combined with a G-LOOMIS 10ft glx 4 piece 8# and i dont pussy about with the fish when i hook them I get them in and released right away. I cant remember having had a problem with this make of flurocarbon yet touch wood so i would imagine its probably a bad batch

[The Bear]

Originally Posted by frankie-g

HI i use airflo sight free in 6 8 & 10 LB combined with a G-LOOMIS 10ft glx 4 piece 8# and i dont pussy about with the fish when i hook them I get them in and released right away. I cant remember having had a problem with this make of flurocarbon yet touch wood so i would imagine its probably a bad batch

I haven't had many problems with G3 but my boat partner has gone back to using Maxima Ultra green for pulling wets .

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[JohnC1]

I bought mine direct from Fishtec (Airflo

John

[frankie-g]

I have been getting mine from the gac ( sorry but its handy at times ) and it always has been buy one get one free The reason for me mentioning my rod in the above post was that as its such a powerfull rod combined with the quality of the rainbows from my local water and the non stretch fluro it sounds like there could be a problem with yours as mine up till now is ok

[JohnC1]

I use a 10ft Sage fli wf8, the line has been snapping on the take if it had been while playing a fish i could blame myself, the fish in our private lake of 14 acres are stocked in march and all are released, they are the best quality fish i have see in my area, full fined torpedoes.



John.