Tapered leaders

[meirion658]

Morning All

What are people using these days are you still using the same diameter straight through or are people moving towards the tapered leaders. I have used the 80lb Asso classic up to now and fancy giving the tapered leaders a go. Any suggestions on brands

I've seen a videos on line about the tapered leaders and wonder why people take off the initial 6ft etc ?

 

[Beach]

3 or 4 coils round the reel seem to work, I use 4x the fishing weight.

 

[Trampster]

I've bought some 60Lb braid to try straight through but haven't loaded a spool up yet.

I won't use tapered leaders, and like you, use Asso 70 or 80Lb for shock leaders.
No problems using a double Uni knot, with more turns for the thinner mainline.
I tend to use Mono mainline around 28Lb, and most tapered leaders are about 18Lb at the thin end, so that would create a weak spot at the knot, being 10Lb less than the main line.

I think that is why some folk cut the first few feet of the thin end off.
Also, if you buy a spool of Mono around 70Lb, you can use it for Rig bodies too,

Everyone to their own,, as always.

 

[Mike hemming]

On my multiplerrsI use the veals ones from 18lb thin end to 70lb thick end never had a single problem with them been using them 8-9 years now ,, on my fixed spools I use 80lb leaders on mono lines and I use braid on the spair spools,

 

[goose]

I've used the daiwa tournament tapered leaders and thier tournament mono in 15lb on my 6500 size multipliers for over thirty years with no problems. Recently bought bigger reels, Penn fathom c/s and put the .40 mm tournament mono on them and cut six feet off the thin end of the leader so it is slightly thicker than the main line.

 

[Wolf]

I don't like tapered leaders,I use braid as the leader,I have no probs ,now I've started using the double Uni knot.