Now that I have switched over to wind on leaders I'm shortening the leaders on my lures.  Is 3M plenty to take care of sharp bills?  I'm using 200lb wind on leaders, so don't want to risk getting them damaged.

Puka.... Larger gurnard...

I use a three metre leader on my lures, then onto my mainline for half my rods, and onto a short windon for the balance.

I cut my wind ons to 6 mtrs to the double.
Lure leader just under 3 Mtrs to the end of the hook.

I think it has to be under 9.14 mtrs, excluding the double.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Cheers

Sidekick wrote: Hi Guys,   What is the difference between a normal leader, and your wind on leader.   Many thanks.

X 3. Your bite leader connecting to swivel only needs to be short. Pretty much regardless on its trace weight. I run mainly 200 lb windons on 24 kg/50ws and heavier windons on 300 to 400 lb on 37/80 wides.

My bite leaders are less than 2 arms spans including rigging... About 2.5 meters would be average. Will run 200, 300, or 400 bite leader depending on lure size. 200lb bite leaders effective on smaller lures but need replacing usually after each fish, had one strike wreck a 300 lb bite leader last year, had to replace after having fish crash lure but not hook up. So beauty is you can do this without changing windon as damage on strike is generally in bottom foot or so of bite leader from bill and especially terminal trace behind lure lhead where hook(s) are attached and jaws crush.

kaveman wrote: That is all i use Kevin, 6m windon and 2.5m max (incl lure) bite leader. Leader can stretch so be careful if you fish igfa rule. 30ft max incl lure

Thanks, sounds like I'm on the right track.  I'll drop to 2.5m I think, just wanted to make sure there was enough heavy leader to withstand strike damage.  He's too modest to say it, but you should have a word with Kaveman about wind ons bite -he's very reasonable.  And most of us have more lures than rods so the saving in leader there helps offset the wind on cost.  For me a big plus will be easier lure storage with shorter leaders on them.

yes but quite a few of the rods on the boat i fish are older and  the giudes are narrow , so its a bit of  use what i get given to play with 

I can't remember who sent me through these pics but it was someone from the forum last year when I was going through the introduction to game fishing and learning everything necessary. You may already know all this stuff Kevin but i'll post it up anyways, I found it quite helpful.

I use a 1.7 m bite leader… that's hook tip to end eye… then the wind-on, now using 700 lb braid wind on but getting some hollow 300 lb hollow to make my own .
A combination of Showa extra grip gloves ($10) and braid leaders mean a great trip when tracing… hand ✋ over hand ✋. No need to wrap.