leaders for fishing

[sless]

overhead thump with 18lb line and and 8oz weight

your having a laugh

[blastman]

HI SLESS, no laugh just fact seen it done tears ago eddie talbot of seaham harbour fishing next to me one day try it yourself i think it would of probaly of been sylcast line regards john

[sless]

NO COMMENT

[BriH]

Blastman, i Know you meant to type \"YEARS instead of TEARS\"- but if i Knew someone was using 18lb line as \"SHOCK LEADER\" - sorry mate but i would have to say something to them -BEFORE it ended in TEARS ,or worse,the thought of 8oz of metal breaking off its \"tether\" scares the life out of me- So if your going to use this bizarre theory that 18lb is ok-can you post where your fishing so i can Avoid your ridiculous way of fishing. Cheers and all that , thats MY view,anyone like to add.

[MikeR]

I use Penn Tuff Stuff. It\'s clear, suple, holds a knot very well and is very abrasive resistant. Think it\'s around £6 for 100m. Well worth it though.

[mark]

..... one of my old seaham friends deceased .......

weren\'t hit by a lump of flying lead were he

[Hedley]

18 lb shockleader!?!? - totaly irresponsible unless you\'re fishing by yourself and no-one is within 1/2 mile - and I don\'t care how good the line is claimed to be.

In this sport you do not take chances!

[Hedley]

Meant to add that I am currently using a large drum of Ron Thompson 60lb shock which I bought form Billy - sorry Aunty Wainright - and it is proving an excellent buy. 60lb BS but it is orange which I prefer cause you can see it in the surf when reeling in - especially at night which to me is a major plus.

[TC]

18lb line....??.......with NO shockleader...?????

Flippin\' \'eck

I use 18lb line for weak rotter links

[willywetegg]

I would\"nt cast a four ounce weight with 18lb line absolutely crazy. Don\"t try that one at home kids.

Jim.

[blastman]

hi all,hav,nt realy got time to go into this as computer is acting up no it has,nt been hit by an 8 ounce lead, how many of you no what an overhead cast or overhead thump is ,it has to be the safest cast possible ,before critising find out what the dangers are in a overhead thump.something else coming to mind here been fishing for years read a lot of sea angler magazines enjoyed alan yates articles you will have to go back a while now but read how he fishes into the teeth of a gale interesting regards john

[ray]

got to say i agree with bri h theres no way i would want to be anywhere near someone casting 8oz on 18ilb line

[MikeR]

I always stick by the general rule of 10lb per ounce of lead. Accidents do happen and I wouldn\'t want 8oz of lead either flying at me or dropping out of the sky on to me!

[willywetegg]

I did not see the article by Alan Yates a while ago but I would like to see him come up with the same thing now.
I would agree it is the safest cast possible (It is the cast that I use a lot of the time), but I would never do it with 18lb line. That has one day got to be a recipe for disaster mate.
It doesn\"t matter how good you are at anything, just mistime it a bit then the safety thing goes out the window.
I have also been fishing for years and I will admit that I tried things that would make your hair curl now.
When I first started fishing there was no such thing as shock leader and we would brag about how far we could chuck a lead without it snapping.
I bet you anything that Alan Yates would not advocate fishing without a shock leader now.

Jim.

[willywetegg]

Sorry Mike I didn\"t get to your post mate. I fish with rods that are suitable for five or six ounce weights. It does not matter which one I use I always use a Sixty pound shock leader unless I am lobbing it into the rocks on my thirty pound straight through gear.
As sless has said at least twice on here when you are spending a fortune on gear, why would you want to scrimp on probably one of the most important parts.

Jim.