What’s your go-to leader strength or diameter, do you think that going lighter can make a difference?

What’s your go-to leader strength or diameter, do you think that going lighter can make a difference? … Anyway, so what sort of breaking strain or diameter fluoro or mono leader do you turn to for your bass …

At last, PE ratings for braid make sense to me!

, with the PE numbers are meant to be standards diameters across the board. …

Make the connection

, I am tending now to buy on diameter. …

PE ratings, breaking strains, diameters - I am confused !!

PE ratings, breaking strains, diameters - I am confused !! … Daiwa in 25lb has a diameter stated at 0.14mm. …

Can the thickness of your leader ever actually affect your catch results? (the endless joys of breaking strains and diameters!)

(the endless joys of breaking strains and diameters!) … energy and I can’t personally recall coming away from a fishing session with the inkling that the diameter …

With braid, how do you decide what breaking strain, diameter or PE# to go for? (I ask because I had an interesting chat with an industry insider)

With braid, how do you decide what breaking strain, diameter or PE# to go for? … I have written about braids and the confusion which tends to reign about diameters and breaking strains …

Can you help with PowerPro diameters and breaking strains ?

Can you help with PowerPro diameters and breaking strains ? … So let's look at the PowerPro breaking strains and diameters when it's sold in the US - and I have to …

A response from somebody in the fishing line industry to my line related blog post from the other day

It's a kind of strength by diameter basis that ignores the material and the fibre diameter and gives …

Do you adjust the strength and therefore diameter of your leader depending on where you are fishing?

Do you adjust the strength and therefore diameter of your leader depending on where you are fishing? … Is a 20lb or sub-0.40mm diameter leader enough for fishing diving hard and soft lures into seriously …

If you use a leader, what influences which one you use? Trust or price or availability or whatever you have lying around?

the Seaguar Ace Hard and you will better understand why I tend to buy by diameters. …

SpiderWire Stealth Smooth 8 braid review - around £15 or less for a 150m spool

Beats me, but rest assured that if you go looking at 8-strand braids and their respective diameters, …

Sufix Performance Pro 8 braid - could this line be one of the best value for money 8-strand braids out there?

OK, so I am not sure that the diameter claims are entirely accurate, although I have no way of measuring …

Are the ratings on a spool of line essentially a load of rubbish?

First off, is that quoted diameter actually accurate? …

When I was talking about fluorocarbon leaders last week, I forgot to say that I don’t really subscribe to them being more “invisible” than mono

It's thinner and cheaper to replace, less visible due to smaller diameter. …

With how thin many braids are these days, is there much advantage to going lighter/thinner for the more finesse stuff? (frigging labelling!)

figures we choose to look at when we buy our braid mainlines - price, #PE ratings, breaking strain, diameter …

Sufix 832 8-strand braid review

If you go looking for this line, then personally I would be buying it on diameter. …

Daiwa J-Braid - is this aggressively priced 8-strand braid the real deal?

buy it) - in the UK the breaking strain is quoted as a pretty impressive 18lbs, whereas the same diameter …

I had almost forgotten how much I like this YGK Nitlon DFC fluorocarbon leader, but has anybody got a clever way to decant it onto smaller spools?

I do like to carry maybe two or three different breaking strains or diameters of leader material with …

Sufix Super 21 FC fluorocarbon review (150m spools for £9.99) - why spend any more on your leader material?

I like the fact that you can buy 150m spools, the breaking strains and diameters make a lot of sense …

Sufix 131 G-Core braid review - £40+ for a 150m spool, £75+ for a 300m spool

I know that bass aren’t dirty fighters like wrasse, but if I can fish with a larger diameter mainline …