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Tying braided fishing line to a wire leader.

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What kind of wire?

I'll generally use a short,bought pre-tied black wire leader for smallish toothy critters. Swivel on the end...Uni the braid to the swivel.

I keep a couple of rolls of coated wire leader around if I need a longer one...I crimp those. Tie a spider in the braid and then an offshore knot to the leader. To tell you the truth I usually want a swivel in there if I can get one.

Single strand put a haywire and pinch it flat, then the same with a doubled braid line and an offshore knot or an Alberto.

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While inshore/nearshore fishing I often use 80 or 100# mono leader for bigger fish. A shark, king, even a bluefish or other toothy fish will cut right through this. That's why I carry wire ;).

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  • 2 weeks later...
I don't think directly but wire is practically useless there is more cons than pros and heavy mono leader material is a hell of a lot better
Tell that to a kingfish or a Wahoo. They will bite through 150lbmono in a split second.
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