K lets say on a 7-8 ft rod.. how long is the ideal leader length tied to your Braid?

I use to tie 3m+. But seems too long and abrupts casting distance. Shorter than that I have to put some finger protection from braid and not much protection on shallow reef areas close to rocks.

saw a vid of japs guy hitting GT's on the brix on the islands. If I observed it correctly, the leader was really short  less than a meter?

2 turns on the reel as well but use a FG knot as it casts far better then a PR, i use 150lb leader but not fluro as it is to hard for the knot to get a good bite

ok.. seems to be around the 3m mark? Yeah.. flouro. I find the BM supples are good. PR knot for me. I manage to learn how to tie a neat short one. 

*fisher* wrote: what sort of reel are you using kenshin???

Daiwa Sealine 4500hi. Havent tested on fish yet.. it will be in 2 weeks time.

*fisher* wrote: Sweet looking reel.... ya gonna load it up with 50 pound... I'm into jigging and haven't got into popping but would like to give it a whirl but dont really wanna spend the bucks up front.. got a new baitrunner 8000D to use which are sposed to be braid friendly and I can use it for straylining out the back of my boat or use my 10 footer with it off the beach... like to cover my bases

same here.. bought the reel from oz as its not distributed here. 300NZ landed.

yep 40-50lb braid. I feel im not gonna do this thing too often.

Yep agree with the others on having a couple of turns on the reel.

I use roughly a rod and a half plus a wrap or two, and vary how the popper hangs depending on how I want to cast. Also using black magic supple.

xsspeed wrote: I use roughly a rod and a half plus a wrap or two, and vary how the popper hangs depending on how I want to cast. Also using black magic supple.   I use the slim beauty knot which is basically identical (if not the same knot) as the Tony Pena that JK mentioned.

Woops double post there while editting

Start longer with a few wraps on your spool and trim as you see fit after a few casts- the actual length will vary depending on how much drop you give the lure,some use very little i.e 30cm some use up to 1.5 m.