12-30-2005, 03:49 AM
Crappie have no teeth. You can easily get away with retying less often. With small brook trout, I often don't retie my hook. Very often, the eye of the hook is outside the fish's mouth. But for brook trout over 1 lb, it's an absolute necessity to retie. The end of the line is often fatigued and close to the hook, I am sure there are some invisible marks on the line.
But, "MAN!" is fine line ever effective. I try to go as fine as I can. I prefer seeing and losing a fish than not getting any action.
For northern pike, I often use 8 lb mono or 10 lb Fireline on a baitcaster and I add some special European metal leader material. This stuff is finer than 4 lb mono, is 12 lb test, 49 strands of steel that is so flexible that I can tie improved clinch knot in it and join it to the main line with a uni-to-uni knot. It costs 17.20 Euros for 5 meters. That's 7 dollars Canadian per yard....plus shipping.
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But, "MAN!" is fine line ever effective. I try to go as fine as I can. I prefer seeing and losing a fish than not getting any action.
For northern pike, I often use 8 lb mono or 10 lb Fireline on a baitcaster and I add some special European metal leader material. This stuff is finer than 4 lb mono, is 12 lb test, 49 strands of steel that is so flexible that I can tie improved clinch knot in it and join it to the main line with a uni-to-uni knot. It costs 17.20 Euros for 5 meters. That's 7 dollars Canadian per yard....plus shipping.
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